OL10273847M
Erewhon
Samuel Butler
- Publisher
- Signet Classics
- Published
- January 1, 1961
- ISBN-13
- 9780451503039
- ISBN-10
- 0451503031
- Work ID
- OL22364W
Description
Samuel Butler's Erewhon, or Over the Range was published anonymously 1872. In this satire of Victorian society, the main character Higgs discovers an unknown country, the seeming utopia called Erewhon, Nowhere backwards with the "h" and "w" transposed. The starting chapters detailing the discovery of Erewhon were based on Butler's experiences in New Zealand as a young man. Butler was possibly the first to write about the idea that machines might one day develop consciousness through the process of Darwinian Selection.
Subjects
Fiction, humorous, generalFictionUtopian fictionSatirical fictionFiction, generalUtopiasChurch buildingsHistoryPresbyterian Church in the U.S.First Presbyterian Church (Charlotte, N.C.)Church historySlavesBiographyDutch Emblem booksClassic Literature19th century fictionNovels, other prose & writers: 19th centurySatire19th Century English Novel And Short StoryFiction - GeneralGeneralBritish and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)Fiction, humorousEnglish literature