# Erewhon — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Erewhon by Samuel Butler.

- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/epigraph.md): The chapter presents an epigraph from Aristotle's Politics, suggesting that all human actions are motivated by the appearance of good, and a paraphrase emphasizing that no action is taken without weighing considerations.
- [Preface to First Edition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/preface-to-first-edition.md): The author provides a brief note on the pronunciation of the word 'Erewhon', indicating it should be spoken as three short syllables: Ĕ-rĕ-whŏn.
- [Preface to Second Edition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/preface-to-second-edition.md): In the preface to the second edition, the author addresses corrections made, clarifies the independence of 'Erewhon' from 'The Coming Race', defends the chapters on Machines against misinterpretation as a mockery of Darw
- [Preface to the Revised Edition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/preface-to-the-revised-edition.md): Samuel Butler recounts the genesis and evolution of Erewhon over thirty years, from its origins as newspaper articles on machines and the Unborn to its publication in 1872, its unexpected success, and the revisions made 
- [Erewhon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/erewhon.md): The narrator recounts his journey into the remote and mysterious land of Erewhon, where he discovers a society that inverts many conventional moral and legal norms, particularly regarding illness and crime. He is capture

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- [Waste Lands](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/i-waste-lands.md)
- [In the Wool-Shed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/ii-in-the-wool-shed.md)
- [Up the River](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/iii-up-the-river.md)
- [The Saddle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/iv-the-saddle.md)
- [The River and the Range](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/v-the-river-and-the-range.md)
- [Into Erewhon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/vi-into-erewhon.md)
- [VII: First Impressions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/vii-first-impressions.md)
- [VIII: In Prison](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/viii-in-prison.md)
- [To the Metropolis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/ix-to-the-metropolis.md)
- [Current Opinions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/x-current-opinions.md)
- [XI: Some Erewhonian Trials](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/xi-some-erewhonian-trials.md)
- [XII: Malcontents](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/xii-malcontents.md)
- [XIII: The Views of the Erewhonians Concerning Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/xiii-the-views-of-the-erewhonians-concerning-death.md)
- [XIV: Mahaina](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/xiv-mahaina.md)
- [The Musical Banks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/xv-the-musical-banks.md)
- [XVI: Arowhena](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/xvi-arowhena.md)
- [Ydgrun and the Ydgrunites](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/xvii-ydgrun-and-the-ydgrunites.md)
- [Birth Formulae](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/xviii-birth-formulae.md)
- [XIX: The World of the Unborn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/xix-the-world-of-the-unborn.md)
- [XX: What They Mean by It](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/xx-what-they-mean-by-it.md)
- [The Colleges of Unreason](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/xxi-the-colleges-of-unreason.md)
- [XXII: The Colleges of Unreason—Continued](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/xxii-the-colleges-of-unreason-continued.md)
- [XXIII: The Book of the Machines](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/xxiii-the-book-of-the-machines.md)
- [XXIV: The Machines—Continued](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/xxiv-the-machines-continued.md)
- [XXV: The Machines—Concluded](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/xxv-the-machines-concluded.md)
- [XXVI: The Views of an Erewhonian Prophet Concerning the Rights of Animals](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/xxvi-the-views-of-an-erewhonian-prophet-concerning-the-rights-of-animals.md)
- [The Views of an Erewhonian Prophet Concerning the Rights of Vegetables](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/xxvii-the-views-of-an-erewhonian-prophet-concerning-the-rights-of-vegetables.md)
- [Escape](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/xxviii-escape.md)
- [Conclusion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/xxix-conclusion.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/endnotes.md)
- [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations.md)

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