{"product_id":"erewhon-or-over-the-range","title":"Erewhon; Or, Over the Range","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if falling ill makes you a criminal, while dishonesty earns you care?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young Englishman crosses a mountain range in search of sheep country and finds a land that overturns his expectations. In Samuel Butler’s Erewhon; Or, Over the Range, the stranger must navigate laws that make sickness a crime. His own country’s standards prove a poor guide to the people who take him in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMr. Nosnibor welcomes the traveller, while a bond with his gentle daughter Arowhena gives this strange journey a private heart. Around them, banks hold money nobody spends, colleges teach nothing useful, and machines are banned for fear of their future power. Beneath the dry jokes, Butler tests the gap between what society says and what it does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBeyond the mountain pass\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow a hard climb through cold, rain, glaciers and broken rock toward an unfamiliar country.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLaws turned inside out\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet people who punish illness and treat dishonesty as a condition that needs care.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLessons in useful nonsense\u003c\/strong\u003e – Visit the Colleges of Unreason, where the best young people learn things nobody needs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe fear of machines\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore an argument that asks whether machines might one day rule their makers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA stranger finds affection\u003c\/strong\u003e – Discover Arowhena, whose honesty and bond with the traveller bring warmth to the satire.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who enjoy dry humour, travellers’ tales and ideas turned inside out, with room for conversation and description rather than fast action.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page and follow Butler’s traveller toward a country that makes familiar habits look strange.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534642381148,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/01265_en_ebook-front_c07.jpg?v=1792174996","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/products\/erewhon-or-over-the-range","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}