Erewhon

Erewhon - Hardcover

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Erewhon - Hardcover

Erewhon - Hardcover

by Samuel Butler
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by Samuel Butler (Author)

In the strange country of Erewhon, sick people are imprisoned while criminals are treated for sickness. Machines are are considered too dangerous to use. And children must choose whether or not to be born. This subtle satire of Victorian society is still as thought-provoking and entertaining as when it was first written. Newly designed and typeset for modern readers by Waking Lion Press.

Number of Pages: 232
Dimensions: 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: July 30, 2008
ISBN9781434115836
Author Samuel Butler
PublisherWaking Lion Press
GenreLiterature
FormatHardcover
PublishedJuly 2008
LanguageENG- English
Pages232
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Samuel Butler

SAMUEL BUTLER (1835-1902), the freethinking iconoclast whom George Bernard Shaw deemed "the greatest English writer of the latter half of the nineteenth century, also satirized Victorian society in Erewhon (1872) and Erewhon Revisited (1901). His work strongly influenced such writers as Virginia Woolf, E. M. Forster, and James Joyce.

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