Erewhon and Erewhon Revisited
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Table of contents
- Cover1
- Title Page2
- Copyright Page3
- Note4
- Contents5
- Erewhon6
- Preface to the First Edition7
- Preface to the Second Edition8
- Preface9
- I. Waste Lands10
- II. In the Wool-Shed12
- III. Up the River13
- IV. The Saddle15
- V. The River and the Range18
- VI. Into Erewhon21
- VII. First Impressions24
- VIII. In Prison27
- IX. To the Metropolis30
- X. Current Opinions34
- XI. Some Erewhonian Trials38
- XII. Malcontents41
- XIII. The Views of the Erewhonians Concerning Death44
- XIV. Mahaina47
- XV. The Musical Banks48
- XVI. Arowhena52
- XVII. Ydgrun and the Ydgrunites55
- XVIII. Birth Formulæ58
- XIX. The World of the Unborn60
- XX. What They Mean by It63
- XXI. The Colleges of Unreason66
- XXII. The Colleges of Unreason—(continued)69
- XXIII. The Book of the Machines72
- XXIV. The Book of the Machines—(continued)75
- XXV. The Book of the Machines—(concluded)78
- XXVI. The Views of an Erewhonian Prophet Concerning the Rights of Animals83
- XXVII. The Views of an Erewhonian Philosopher Concerning the Rights of Vegetables86
- XXVIII. Escape89
- XXIX. Conclusion93
- Erewhon Revisited96
- Author’s Preface to the Original Edition97
- I. Ups and Downs of Fortune—My Father Starts for Erewhon98
- II. To the Foot of the Pass Into Erewhon102
- III. My Father Is Accosted by Professors Hanky and Panky104
- IV. My Father Overhears More of Hanky and Panky’s Conversation108
- V. My Father Meets a Son, of Whose Existence He Was Ignorant112
- VI. Further Conversation Between Father and Son116
- VII. Signs of the New Order of Things Catch My Father’s Eye118
- VIII. Yram, Now Mayoress, Gives a Dinner Party121
- IX. Interview Between Yram and Her Son125
- X. My Father Betakes Himself to Fairmead128
- XI. President Gurgoyle’s Pamphlet131
- XII. George Fails to Find My Father135
- XIII. A Visit to the Provincial Deformatory138
- XIV. My Father Makes the Acquaintance of Mr. Balmy141
- XV. The Temple Is Dedicated to My Father145
- XVI. Professor Hanky Preaches a Sermon149
- XVII. George Takes His Father to Prison153
- XVIII. Yram Invites Dr. Downie and Mrs. Humdrum to Luncheon156
- XIX. A Council Is Held at the Mayor’s157
- XX. Mrs. Humdrum and Dr. Downie Propose a Compromise160
- XXI. Yram Goes to See My Father162
- XXII. An Extract from a Sunch’stonian Journal165
- XXIII. My Father Is Escorted to the Mayor’s House168
- XXIV. What Is to Be Done About Sunchildism?170
- XXV. George Escorts My Father to the Statues173
- XXVI. My Father Reaches Home176
- XXVII. I Meet My Brother George at the Statues178
- XXVIII. George and I Spend a Few Hours Together182
In Erewhon, an anagram for "nowhere," sickness is a punishable crime, criminals receive compassionate medical treatment, and machines are banned, lest they evolve and take over. Originally published in 1872, the proto-steampunk novel Erewhon won its author immediate recognition as a satirist. SamuelButler followed in the tradition of Voltaire and Swift in creating Erewhon and Erewhon Revisited, which are widely recognized as the nineteenth century's most important works of their kind. Entertaining and provocative, these books are unsparing in their treatment of the hypocrisies of Victorian society, taking aim at the family, church, and mechanical "progress." George Orwell, no stranger to the depiction of futuristic societies, noted that at the time of Erewhon's writing the author needed "imagination of a very high order to see that machinery could be dangerous as well as useful." Today's readers will also find the book remarkably prescient in its anticipation of future sociological trends.