Erewhon (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781438500881)

Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902) was a Victorian novelist who wrote in many genres. The Way of All Flesh and Erehhon are his most famous novels. Besides fiction Butler also wrote on evolution, Christian orthodoxy, Italian art, literary history and translated the Illiad and The Odyssey. Erewhon is a utopian satire of Victorian England published in 1872. The title is the name of a fictional country and it is also the word nowhere spelled backwards. The beginning of the book deals with the discovery of Erewhon, which is based on Butlers time in New Zealand where he worked on a sheep ranch for four years. The novel satirizes religion, anthropocentrism, and criminal punishment.

Author: Samuel Butler
ISBN-10: 1438500882
ISBN-13: 9781438500881
Publisher: Book Jungle
Language: English
Published: 08/28/2008
Pages: 220
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.46d