Erewhon

Samuel Butler's Erewhon, or Over the Range was published anonymously 1872. In this satire of Victorian society, the main character Higgs discovers an unknown country, the seeming utopia called Erewhon, Nowhere backwards with the "e;h"e; and "e;w"e; transposed. The starting chapters detailing the discovery of Erewhon were based on Butler's experiences in New Zealand as a young man. ...