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Erewhon: Over the Range (Classic Samuel Butler) - Softcover

Butler, Samuel

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9781976435751: Erewhon: Over the Range (Classic Samuel Butler)
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ISBN 10: 1976435757 ISBN 13: 9781976435751
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

Erewhon or Over the Range by Samuel Butler……… Erewhon: or, Over the Range is a novel by Samuel Butler which was first published anonymously in 1872. The title is also the name of a country, supposedly discovered by the protagonist. In the novel, it is not revealed where Erewhon is, but it is clear that it is a fictional country. The greater part of the book consists of a description of Erewhon. The nature of this nation is intended to be ambiguous. At first glance, Erewhon appears to be a Utopia, yet it soon becomes clear that this is far from the case. Yet for all the failings of Erewhon, it is also clearly not a dystopia, such as that depicted in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. As a satirical utopia, Erewhon has sometimes been compared to Gulliver's Travels (1726), a classic novel by Jonathan Swift; the image of Utopia in this latter case also bears strong parallels with the self-view of the British Empire at the time. It can also be compared to the William Morris novel, News from Nowhere.

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Samuel Butler

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Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1976435757
ISBN 13 
9781976435751
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
116
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