Erewhon and Erewhon Revisited by Samuel Butler

Erewhon and Erewhon Revisited by Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler (1835-1902) was a British writer strongly influenced by his New Zealand experiences. He is best known for his utopian satire Erewhon; or, Over the Range (1872) and his posthumous novel The Way of All Flesh (1903). He went up to his father's alma mater, St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1854. Following graduation from Cambridge, Butler lived in a low-income parish in London. In September 1859 he emigrated to New Zealand. He wrote about his arrival and his life as a sheep farmer on Mesopotamia Station in A First Year in Canterbury Settlement (1863). Erewhon; or, Over the Range revealed Butler's long interest in Darwin's theories of biological evolution, and in fact Darwin had, like him, visited New Zealand. His close interest in the art of the Sacri Monti is reflected in Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (1881) and Ex Voto: An Account of the Sacro Monte or New Jerusalem at Varallo-Sesia (1888).

Samuel Butler (1835-1902) was born at Bingham, Nottinghamshire, and educated at Shrewsbury and St. Cambridge's St. John's College. In his later years, he became interested in Shakespearean research and authored Iliad and Odyssey translations. His autobiographical novel The Way of All Flesh, published posthumously in 1903, is his most famous work.

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ISBN 13	9780486796376
ISBN 10	048679637X
Title	Erewhon and Erewhon Revisited
Author	Samuel Butler
Series	Dover Thrift Editions
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Dover Publications Inc.
Year published	2015-06-17
Number of pages	336
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