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Erewhon by Samuel Butler (1970, Uk-B Format Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100140430571

ISBN-139780140430578

eBay Product ID (ePID)56435

Product Key Features

Book TitleErewhon

Number of Pages272 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicClassics, Literary

Publication Year1970

IllustratorYes

FeaturesRevised

GenreFiction

AuthorSamuel Butler

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight7.4 Oz

Item Length7.7 in

Item Width5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition21

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Dewey Decimal823.89

Grade ToUP

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

SynopsisSetting out to make his fortune in a far-off country, a young traveller discovers the remote and beautiful land of Erewhon and is given a home among its extraordinarily handsome citizens. But their visitor soon discovers that this seemingly ideal community has its faults--here crime is treated indulgently as a malady to be cured, while illness, poverty and misfortune are cruelly punished, and all machines have been superstitiously destroyed after a bizarre prophecy. Can he survive in a world where morality is turned upside down? Inspired by Samuel Butler's years in colonial New Zealand and by his reading of Darwin's Origin of Species , Erewhon is a highly original, irreverent and humorous satire on conventional virtues, religious hypocrisy and the unthinking acceptance of beliefs. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

LC Classification NumberPR4349