<Tr> <Th> LC Class </Th> <Td> PR4349. B7 E7 1872 c. 1 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> Erewhon Revisited </Td> </Tr> <P> Erewhon: or, Over the Range / ɛ. rɛ. hw ɒn / is a novel by Samuel Butler which was first published anonymously in 1872 . The title is also the name of a country, supposedly discovered by the protagonist . In the novel, it is not revealed where Erewhon is, but it is clear that it is a fictional country . Butler meant the title to be understood as the word "nowhere" backwards even though the letters "h" and "w" are transposed . The book is a satire on Victorian society . </P> <P> The first few chapters of the novel dealing with the discovery of Erewhon are in fact based on Butler's own experiences in New Zealand where, as a young man, he worked as a sheep farmer on Mesopotamia Station for about four years (1860--64), and explored parts of the interior of the South Island and which he wrote about in his A First Year in Canterbury Settlement (1863). </P>

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