Erewhon
[ er-uh-hwon, -hwuhn, -won, -wuhn ]
noun
a satirical novel (1872) by Samuel Butler.
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How to use Erewhon in a sentence
The myth above alluded to exists in Erewhon with changed names and considerable modifications.
Selections from Previous Works | Samuel ButlerIf machinery is detrimental to biological fitness, the machine must be destroyed, as it was in Samuel Butler's "Erewhon."
The Pivot of Civilization | Margaret SangerShe had not read Erewhon, of course, yet was vaguely aware she had done something wrong.
The Promise of Air | Algernon Blackwood"Erewhon," however, a Utopian romance published in 1872, had by 1899 sold between three and four thousand copies.
Modern Essays | John MacyMy father glanced at it, and saw that it was exactly like the one he had worn on entering Erewhon nearly twenty years previously.
Erewhon Revisited | Samuel Butler
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