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Erewhon (Wordsworth Classics) - Softcover

Butler, Samuel

 
9781853262845: Erewhon (Wordsworth Classics)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1853262846 ISBN 13: 9781853262845
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1996

Synopsis

Erewhon, an anagram of "nowhere" is an unknown civilization in a remote British colony, is an anti-utopia in which illness is a criminal offence, children choose their own parents and beauty signifies morality. Butler attacks ecclesiastical institutions and the moral hypocrisy of Victorian England.

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About the Author

Samuel Butler (1835-1902), a British writer strongly influenced by his New Zealand experiences, is best known for his utopian satire Erewhon and his posthumous novel The Way of All Flesh. Butler was born in Langar Rectory, near Bingham, Nottinghamshire, England, into a long line of clerics. Butler, who was a detractor from widely-accepted religious, social, and scientific ideas, achieved fame posthumously in 1902 and has ever since been recognized as a momentous Victorian writer.

Synopsis

Erewhon, an anagram of "nowhere" is an unknown civilization in a remote British colony, is an anti-utopia in which illness is a criminal offence, children choose their own parents and beauty signifies morality. Butler attacks ecclesiastical institutions and the moral hypocrisy of Victorian England.

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Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Publication date
1996
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1853262846
ISBN 13 
9781853262845
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
192