Erewhon; Or, Over the Range

Summary

Erewhon, or Over the Range (ERR-eh-hwon) 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. Its name is an anagram of the word “nowhere”, with the same meaning as “utopia” (nowhere).

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Chapters (30)

1. 1. Waste Lands
2. 2. Waste Lands
3. 3. In the Wool-Shed
4. 4. Up the River
5. 5. The Saddle
6. 6. The River and the Range
7. 7. Into Erewhon
8. 8. First Impressions
9. 9. In Prison
10. 10. To the Metropolis
11. 11. Current Opinions
12. 12. Some Erewhonian Trials
13. 13. Malcontents
14. 14. The Views of the Erewhonians Concerning Death
15. 15. Mahaina
16. 16. The Musical Banks
17. 17. Arowhena
18. 18. Ydgrun and the Ydgrunites
19. 19. Birth Formulae
20. 20. The World of the Unborn
21. 21. What They Mean by It
22. 22. The Colleges of Unreason
23. 23. THE COLLEGES OF UNREASON—Continued
24. 24. The Book of the Machines
25. 25. THE MACHINES—continued
26. 26. THE MACHINES—concluded
27. 27. The Views of an Erewhonian Prophet Concerning the Rights
28. 28. The Views of an Erewhonian Philosopher Concerning the
29. 29. Escape
30. 30. Conclusion