Erewhon; Or, Over the Range

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EREWHON
OR,
OVER THE RANGE
by Samuel Butler
“Τοῦ γὰρ εἰναι δοκοῦντος ἀγαθοῦ χάριν πάντα
πράττουσι πάντες.”—ARIST. Pol.
“There is no action save upon a balance of
considerations.”—Paraphrase.
Contents
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 RIGHTS OF ANIMALS
CHAPTER XXVII. THE VIEWS OF AN EREWHONIAN PHILOSOPHER
CONCERNING THE RIGHTS OF VEGETABLES
CHAPTER XXVIII. ESCAPE
CHAPTER XXIX. CONCLUSION
Footnotes

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION

The Author wishes it to be understood that Erewhon is pronounced as a word of three syllables, all short—thus, Ĕ-rĕ-whŏn.

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