Sci-fi

Erewhon: Over the Range

by Samuel Butler
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Description

Setting 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?

What it’s like

ViolenceStandard
HorrorCreepy

Details

First published
1970
Pages
226
Reading time
About 5 hours
Format
Novel
Audience
Adult

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