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Erewhon

Samuel Butler · 1872

Original text in English.

A country behind the mountains where thieves are treated and the sick are condemned.

Novel · 34 parts · about 84 000 words · about 6 h 05 of reading

Contents

1. Ouverture1 min
2. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION1 min
3. PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION4 min
4. PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION6 min
5. IWASTE LANDS9 min
6. IIIN THE WOOL-SHED7 min
7. IIIUP THE RIVER8 min
8. IVTHE SADDLE12 min
9. VTHE RIVER AND THE RANGE13 min
10. VIINTO EREWHON13 min
11. VIIFIRST IMPRESSIONS11 min
12. VIIIIN PRISON12 min
13. IXTO THE METROPOLIS16 min
14. XCURRENT OPINIONS16 min
15. XISOME EREWHONIAN TRIALS11 min
16. XIIMALCONTENTS12 min
17. XIIITHE VIEWS OF THE EREWHONIANS CONCERNING DEATH11 min
18. XIVMAHAINA6 min
19. XVTHE MUSICAL BANKS19 min
20. XVIAROWHENA12 min
21. XVIIYDGRUN AND THE YDGRUNITES10 min
22. XVIIIBIRTH FORMULAE8 min
23. XIXTHE WORLD OF THE UNBORN12 min
24. XXWHAT THEY MEAN BY IT11 min
25. XXITHE COLLEGES OF UNREASON12 min
26. XXIITHE COLLEGES OF UNREASON—Continued14 min
27. XXIIITHE BOOK OF THE MACHINES10 min
28. XXIVTHE MACHINES—continued14 min
29. XXVTHE MACHINES—concluded20 min
30. XXVITHE VIEWS OF AN EREWHONIAN PROPHET CONCERNING THE RIGHTS OF ANIMALS12 min
31. XXVIITHE VIEWS OF AN EREWHONIAN PHILOSOPHER CONCERNING THE RIGHTS OF VEGETABLES13 min
32. XXVIIIESCAPE16 min
33. XXIXCONCLUSION12 min
34. Footnotes1 min

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