Erewhon (an anagram for "nowhere") is a faraway land where sickness is a punishable crime, criminals receive compassionate medical treatment, and machines are banned (for fear they'll evolve and become the masters of man). Butler's entertaining and thought-provoking Utopian novel takes aim at such hallowed institutions as family, church, and mechanical progress; its remarkable prescience in anticipating future sociological trends adds a special relevance for today's readers.
About the Author
For the author ofHudibras, seeSamuel Butler.Samuel Butlerwas an iconoclastic Victorian author who published a variety of works, including the Utopian satireErewhonand the posthumous novelThe Way of All Flesh, his two best-known works, but also extending to examinations of Christian orthodoxy, substantive studies of evolutionary thought, studies of Italian art, and works of literary history and criticism. Butler also made prose translations ofThe IliadandThe Odysseywhich remain in use to this day.See also:Samuel H. Butcher, Anglo-Irish classicist, who also undertook prose translations of Homer's works (in collaboration withAndrew Lang.
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