Erewhon
or, Over the range
About this book
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
- 19th century english novel and short story
- 19th century fiction
- biography
- british and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
- church buildings
- church history
- classic literature
- dutch emblem books
- emblem books
- english literature
- fiction
- fiction - general
- fiction, general
- fiction, humorous
- fiction, humorous, general
- first presbyterian church (charlotte, n.c.)
- general
- history
- language. linguistics. literature
- literature
- novels, other prose & writers: 19th century
- political science
- presbyterian church in the u.s.
- satire
- satirical fiction
- slaves
- utopian fiction
- utopias