When the traveller Higgs discovers the remote land of Erewhon, he finds himself amongst a strange race who have forbidden the use of machines, who suppress originality and uphold the study of unreason and hypothetics. As fresh and original today as when it was first published in 1872, Erewhon, inspired by DarwinÕs The Origin of Species, is Samuel ButlerÕs brilliant satirical response to religious and social orthodoxy.
