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'''''Erewhon''''' is an 1872 [[novel]] by [[Samuel Butler]]. It was inspired partly by his time in colonial [[New Zealand]] and by his reading of [[Charles Darwin|Charles Darwin's]] ''[[On the Origin of Species]]''.

'''''Erewhon''''' is an 1872 [[novel]] by [[Samuel Butler]]. It was inspired partly by his time in colonial [[New Zealand]] and by his reading of [[Charles Darwin|Charles Darwin's]] ''[[On the Origin of Species]]''.

   

   

The work centers around a young traveler, who, setting off to make his fortune in a far off [[country]], discovers the remote and idealistic land of Erewhon (backwards it is reminiscent of the word 'Nowhere'). However, it is soon learned that this apparent [[Utopia]] has many faults.

The work follows a young traveller who, setting off to make his fortune in a far off [[country]], discovers the remote and idealistic land of Erewhon (backwards it is reminiscent of the word 'Nowhere'). However, it is soon learned that this apparent [[Utopia]] has many faults.

Erewhon heavily bears the influence of [[evolutionary theory]], and is written by an author who would later come to oppose the theory of [[natural selection]] put forward by Darwin.  While Samuel Butler was critical of [[religious]] [[hypocrisy]], his [[archetype|archetypal]] attitudes as a [[conservative]] [[English|Englishman]] are prevalent in the book.

Erewhon heavily bears the influence of [[evolutionary theory]], and is written by an author who would later come to oppose the theory of [[natural selection]] put forward by Darwin.  While Samuel Butler was critical of [[religious]] [[hypocrisy]], his [[archetype|archetypal]] attitudes as a [[conservative]] [[English|Englishman]] are prevalent in the book.