Erewhon
Sign in to savethumb|right|400px|Map of part of New Zealand to illustrate Erewhon and Erewhon Revisited Erewhon: or, Over the Range () is a utopian novel by English writer Samuel Butler, first published in 1872, set in a fictional country discovered and explored by the protagonist. The book is a satire on Victorian society.
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- Author
- Samuel Butler
- First published
- 1700
- Editions
- 337
- Subjects
- Fiction, humorous, general, Fiction, Utopian fiction, Satirical fiction, Fiction, general, Utopias, Church buildings, History
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Key facts
- Book.name
- Erewhon
- Book.image
- Erewhon Cover.jpg
- Book.caption
- First edition cover
- Book.author
- Samuel Butler
- Book.country
- United Kingdom
- Book.language
- English
- Book.genre
- Utopian fiction, Satire, Science fiction
- Book.publisher
- Trübner and Ballantyne
- Book.release_date
- 1872
- Book.congress
- PR4349.B7 E7 1872 c. 1
- Book.pages
- 246
- Book.oclc
- 2735354
- Book.dewey
- 823.8
- Book.followed_by
- Erewhon Revisited
- Book.wikisource
- Erewhon; or Over the Range (1872)
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- Image
- Erewhon-1872-002.jpg
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- publication date
- 1872-01-01
- title
- Erewhon
- subtitle
- or, Over the Range
- Commons category
- Erewhon; or Over the Range (Butler, 1872)
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11 sectionsContents
- Content
- The Book of the Machines
- Characters
- Reception
- Adaptations
- Influence
- Deleuze and Guattari
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|right|400px|Map of part of New Zealand to illustrate Erewhon and Erewhon Revisited Erewhon: or, Over the Range () is a utopian novel by English writer Samuel Butler, first published in 1872, set in a fictional country discovered and explored by the protagonist. The book is a satire on Victorian society.
The first few chapters of the novel dealing with the discovery of Erewhon are based on Butler's own experiences in New Zealand; as a young man, he had worked there as a sheep farmer on Mesopotamia Station for four years (1860–1864), exploring parts of the interior of the South Island and writing about it in A First Year in Canterbury Settlement (1863).