false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175460304m/516570.jpg 516570 39 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. 924128 1872 Erewhon total:208|5:27|4:58|3:83|2:29|1:11| 208 685 451 31 3 2 false false Sat Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 19:58:07 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 19:58:20 -0800 2009 Erewhon, as a satire and/or essay, is interesting and has some thought provoking ideas. Erewhon as a novel has a fairly thin but still interesting plot line in an intriguing environment. Unfortunately, meshing the two of these together makes for a difficult book to swallow at times.

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