Butler's Erewhon
which is nowhere backwards
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Erewhon is a satirical utopian novel by Samuel Butler, presenting a fictional country that critiques Victorian society through reversed logic and social norms.
The narrator discovers Erewhon, where practices like punishing the ill and rewarding the criminal are the norm.
Butler uses this society to satirize institutions like education, religion, and technology, challenging readers to question their own values and assumptions.
The novel explores themes of progress, morality, and the nature of societal conventions.
The narrator discovers Erewhon, where practices like punishing the ill and rewarding the criminal are the norm.
Butler uses this society to satirize institutions like education, religion, and technology, challenging readers to question their own values and assumptions.
The novel explores themes of progress, morality, and the nature of societal conventions.
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