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Title: Erewhon; Or, Over the Range
Author: Samuel Butler
Release date: September 1, 1999 [eBook #1906]
Most recently updated: August 5, 2025
Language: English
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[Illustration]
EREWHON
OR,
OVER THE RANGE
by Samuel Butler
"Τοῦ γὰρ εἰναι δοκοῦντος ἀγαθοῦ χάριν πάντα πράττουσι πάντες."--ARIST.
_Pol_.
"There is no action save upon a balance of considerations."--_Paraphrase_.
Contents
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION
PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION
CHAPTER I. WASTE LANDS
CHAPTER II. IN THE WOOL-SHED
CHAPTER III. UP THE RIVER
CHAPTER IV. THE SADDLE
CHAPTER V. THE RIVER AND THE RANGE
CHAPTER VI. INTO EREWHON
CHAPTER VII. FIRST IMPRESSIONS
CHAPTER VIII. IN PRISON
CHAPTER IX. TO THE METROPOLIS
CHAPTER X. CURRENT OPINIONS
CHAPTER XI. SOME EREWHONIAN TRIALS
CHAPTER XII. …