‘People oppose money to culture, and imply that if a man has spent his time in making money he will not be cultivated—fallacy of fallacies!’
A young traveller looking to discover his fortune in far-off lands stumbles upon the remote and beautiful land of Erewhon. While at first appearing to be a utopia, the traveller soon discovers the utterly bizarre beliefs that Erewhonian society is founded on. In Erewhon, crime is treated as an illness while illness is treated as a crime. The colleges teach unreason and all machines have been destroyed in fear of a prophecy on artificial intelligence. How will the traveller deal with a world of such strange morality?
First published in the late 19th century at a time of growing disillusionment with Victorian ideals, Erewhon is a biting satire of Victorian era Britain that still holds relevance to this day.
Samuel Butler was an English writer, critic, and essayist. He is best known for his satirical novel Erewhon and his semi-autobiographical novel The Way of All Flesh which is considered to be a classic.