Erewhon Revised Edition Contributor(s): Butler, Samuel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486420485 ISBN-13: 9780486420486 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $8.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2002 Annotation: Erewhon (an anagram for "nowhere") is a faraway land where machinery is forbidden, sickness is a punishable crime, and criminals receive compassionate medical treatment. Butler's brilliant Utopian novel is an entertaining and thought-provoking work, taking aim at such hallowed institutions as family, church, and mechanical progress. "" |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Romance - Science Fiction |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2001053806 |
Lexile Measure: 1420 |
Series: Dover Thrift Editions |
Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.22" W x 8.24" (0.32 lbs) 192 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In a faraway land, a traveler encounters a peculiar, topsy-turvy society in which sickness is a punishable crime and crime is an illness for which criminals receive compassionate medical treatment. The English church is ridiculed as a "musical bank," which deals with a currency nobody believes in but which everyone pretends to value. University instructors teach courses on how to take a long time to say nothing, and machines are banned for fear they will evolve and be the masters of man. |