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Erewhon
by Samuel Butler
First Published
2009
Subjects
Fiction, humorous, general
Fiction
Utopian fiction
Satirical fiction
Fiction, general
Utopias
Church buildings
History
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.
First Presbyterian Church (Charlotte, N.C.)
Church history
Slaves
Biography
Dutch Emblem books
Classic Literature
19th century fiction
Novels, other prose & writers: 19th century
Satire
19th Century English Novel And Short Story
Fiction - General
General
British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
Fiction, humorous
English literature
Description
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.