{"product_id":"9781420947670","title":"Erewhon and Erewhon Revisited","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Erewhon, an anagram for \"nowhere,\" sickness is a punishable crime, criminals receive compassionate medical treatment, and machines are banned, lest they evolve and take over. Originally published in 1872, the proto-steampunk novel \u003ci\u003eErewhon\u003c\/i\u003e won its author immediate recognition as a satirist. Samuel\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eButler followed in the tradition of Voltaire and Swift in creating \u003ci\u003eErewhon \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Erewhon Revisited, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich are widely recognized as the nineteenth century's most important works of their kind.\u003cbr\u003eEntertaining and provocative, these books are unsparing in their treatment of the hypocrisies of Victorian society, taking aim at the family, church, and mechanical \"progress.\" George Orwell, no stranger to the depiction of futuristic societies, noted that at the time of \u003ci\u003eErewhon\u003c\/i\u003e's writing the author needed \"imagination of a very high order to see that machinery could be dangerous as well as useful.\" Today's readers will also find the book remarkably prescient in its anticipation of future sociological trends.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digireads.com Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47106722758896,"sku":"9781420947670","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781420947670_p0.jpg?v=1763738381","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781420947670","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}