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Bezig met laden... Erewhon and Erewhon Revisited (1872)door Samuel Butler
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. An utopian book I enjoyed. ( ) Written as a travelogue, this book is a satire on Victorian sensibilities and ideas. I didn't really like it all that much, but I thought the descriptions were okay. I don't understand why the protagonist wanted to go off on his own in the first place, but I assume it had something to do with finding his fortune. I don't see why he couldn't do it under his master or whatever. Then he finds the land of Erewhon. For some reason he wants to go missionary and spread the loving joy of Christianity to this land, but I don't know why he cares about this. He gets sent to prison, learns the language, and finds out all about the culture of this place. So he translates all of these works that the Erewhonian philosophers wrote on machinery and religion and stuff like that. Finally he escapes with this girl that he fell in love with named Arowhena. I didn't really feel like reading the next one, but I might revisit this story later. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
In 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 Erewhon won its author immediate recognition as a satirist. SamuelButler followed in the tradition of Voltaire and Swift in creating Erewhon and Erewhon Revisited, which are widely recognized as the nineteenth century's most important works of their kind. Entertaining 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 Erewhon'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. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.8Literature English English fiction Victorian period 1837-1900LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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