Erewhon

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内容简介 · · · · · · Erewhon (an anagram for "nowhere") is a faraway land where sickness is a punishable crime, criminals receive compassionate medical treatment, and machines are banned (for fear they'll evolve and become the masters of man). Butler's entertaining and thought-provoking Utopian novel takes aim at such hallowed institutions as family, church, and mechanical progress; its remarkable prescience in anticipating future sociological trends adds a special relevance for today's readers. 作者简介 · · · · · · Erewhon (an anagram for “nowhere”) is a faraway land where machinery is forbidden, sickness is a punishable crime, and criminals receive compassionate medical treatment. Butler’s brilliant Utopian novel is an entertaining and thought-provoking work, taking aim at such hallowed institutions as family, church, and mechanical progress. Erewhon PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION CHAPTER I: WASTE LANDS CHAPTER II: IN THE WOOL-SHED CHAPTER III: UP THE RIVER CHAPTER IV: THE SADDLE CHAPTER V: THE RIVER AND THE RANGE CHAPTER VI: INTO EREWHON CHAPTER VII: FIRST IMPRESSIONS CHAPTER VIII: IN PRISON CHAPTER IX: TO THE METROPOLIS CHAPTER X: CURRENT OPINIONS CHAPTER XI: SOME EREWHONIAN TRIALS CHAPTER XII: MALCONTENTS CHAPTER XIII: THE VIEWS OF THE EREWHONIANS CONCERNING DEATH CHAPTER XIV: MAHAINA CHAPTER XV: THE MUSICAL BANKS CHAPTER XVI: AROWHENA CHAPTER XVII: YDGRUN AND THE YDGRUNITES CHAPTER XVIII: BIRTH FORMULAE CHAPTER XIX: THE WORLD OF THE UNBORN CHAPTER XX: WHAT THEY MEAN BY IT CHAPTER XXI: THE COLLEGES OF UNREASON CHAPTER XXII: THE COLLEGES OF UNREASON—Continued CHAPTER XXIII: THE BOOK OF THE MACHINES CHAPTER XXIV: THE MACHINES—continued CHAPTER XXV: THE MACHINES—concluded CHAPTER XXVI: THE VIEWS OF AN EREWHONIAN PROPHET CONCERNING THE CHAPTER XXVII: THE VIEWS OF AN EREWHONIAN PHILOSOPHER CONCERNING CHAPTER XXVIII: ESCAPE CHAPTER XXIX: CONCLUSION Footnotes How to share this eBook http://www.planetebook.com/about.htmFree eBooks at Planet eBook