In this novel, Butler satirically describes a utopian society, using the civilization of 'Erewhon' ('nowhere,' scrambled) to satirize beliefs popular in the England of his day. Butler wrote a sequel to the novel, Erewhon Revisited.
“It was astonishing how some of these unfortunate animals would scent out a butcher’s knife if there was one within a mile of them, and run right up against it if the butcher did not get it out of their way in time.”Narrator
Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.Highlighted by 8 Kindle customers
Exploring is delightful to look forward to and back upon, but it is not comfortable at the time, unless it be of such an easy nature as not to deserve the name.Highlighted by 8 Kindle customers
You may say that it is your misfortune to be criminal; I answer that it is your crime to be unfortunate.Highlighted by 8 Kindle customers
I cannot bear having much to do with people who think differently from myself.Highlighted by 8 Kindle customers
illness of any sort was considered in Erewhon to be highly criminal and immoral;Highlighted by 7 Kindle customers
In fact, I felt that life would be no longer valuable if I were to have seen so great a prize and refused to grasp at the possible profits therefrom.Highlighted by 7 Kindle customers
reason uncorrected by instinct is as bad as instinct uncorrected by reason.Highlighted by 7 Kindle customers
When the scene is past we think we know it, though there is so much to see, and so little time to see it, that our conceit of knowledge as regards the past is for the most part poorly founded; neither do we care about it greatly, save in so far as it may affect the future, wherein our interest mainly lies.Highlighted by 6 Kindle customers
The judge was fully persuaded that the infliction of pain upon the weak and sickly was the only means of preventing weakness and sickliness from spreading,Highlighted by 6 Kindle customers
A man's business, they hold, is to think as his neighbours do, for Heaven help him if he thinks good what they count bad. And really it is hard to see how the Erewhonian theory differs from our own, for the word 'idiot' only means a person who forms his opinions for himself.Highlighted by 4 Kindle customers
FIRST EDITION
1. Waste Lands
2. Down in the Wool-Shed
3. Up The River
4. The Saddle
5. The River and the Range
6. Into Erewhon
7. First Impressions
8. In Prison
9. To the Metropolis
10. Current Opinions
11. An Erewhonian Trial
12. Malcontents
13. Mahaina
14. The Musical Banks
15. Arowhena
16. Ydgrun and the Ydgrunties
17. Birth Formulae
18. The World of the Unborn
19. What They Mean By It
20. The Colleges of Unreason
21. The Book of the Machines
22. The Machines (continued)
23. The Machines (concluded)
24. Escape
25. Conclusion
REVISED EDITION
1. Waste Lands
2. In in the Wool-Shed
3. Up The River
4. The Saddle
5. The River and the Range
6. Into Erewhon
7. First Impressions
8. In Prison
9. To the Metropolis
10. Current Opinions
11. Some Erewhonian Trials
12. Malcontents
13. The Views of the Erewhonians Concerning Death
14. Mahaina
15. The Musical Banks
16. Arowhena
17. Ydgrun and the Ydgrunties
18. Birth Formulae
19. The World of the Unborn
20. What They Mean By It
21. The Colleges of Unreason
22. The Colleges of Unreason (continued)
23. The Book of the Machines
24. The Book of the Machines (continued)
25. The Book of the Machines (concluded)
26. The Views of an Erewhonian Prophet Concerning the Rights of Animals
27. The Views of an Erewhonian Philosopher Concerning the Rights of Vegetables
28. Escape
29. Conclusion
Followed by Erewhon Revisited.
Preceded by Demons, and followed by The Torrents of Spring.
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