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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807238203321

Autore

Butler Samuel <1835-1902.>

Titolo

Erewhon / / Samuel Butler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Electric Book Co., c2001

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 p.)

Soggetti

Utopias

Science fiction, English

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Preface to the First Edition (1872) -- Preface to the Second Edition (1872) -- Preface to the Revised Edition (1901) -- 1. Waste lands -- 2, 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 Ydgrunites -- 18. Birth Formulae -- 19. The World of the Unborn -- 20. What They Mean By It -- 21. The Colleges of Unreason -- 22. The Colleges of UnreasonÅ continued -- 23. The Book of the Machines -- 24. The Book of the MachinesÅ continued -- 25. The Book of the MachinesÅ 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.