num_pages: 270
description: 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.
language: English
title: Erewhon
titlecomplete: Erewhon (Erewhon, #1)
genres: Literature, Utopia, Science Fiction, Classics, Philosophy, 19th Century, Fiction, Dystopia, Fantasy, British Literature
ratings_count: 3880
places: Erewhon
series: Erewhon
publisher: Penguin Classics