{"product_id":"erewhon-or-over-the-range-by-samuel-butler","title":"Erewhon or Over the Range by Samuel Butler","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA traveller discovers a strange inverted society\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVery Good Condition\u003c\/strong\u003e – light jacket and edge wear visible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young English traveller crosses a remote mountain range and enters Erewhon, an isolated country whose customs appear familiar at first but become increasingly unsettling. In this society, illness is treated as a moral offence, criminal behaviour may receive sympathy, and machines have been outlawed because of fears that they could evolve beyond human control. As the narrator studies Erewhonian religion, education, law, and social expectations, Samuel Butler turns the journey into a sharp satire of Victorian assumptions. Blending adventure, philosophy, and speculative fiction, Erewhon questions progress, hypocrisy, technology, and the institutions people accept simply because they have always been there.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Value Junction ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48387216933076,"sku":"TVJ-027618","price":17.25,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/3059\/2980\/files\/TVJ-027618-1.jpeg?v=1785335658","url":"https:\/\/thevaluejunction.co.nz\/products\/erewhon-or-over-the-range-by-samuel-butler","provider":"The Value Junction ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}