Erewhon by Samuel Butler Fiction Classics Satire Fantasy Literary

<p><strong>After a series of near-mishaps a traveler stumbles into a place utterly unknown to him -- only to be jailed: for in this odd place being penniless is tantamount to criminality. </strong>Slowly learning the language and gaining the confidence of his hosts he comes to know their strange ways and their stranger ideas and institutions -- including the Hospital for Incurable Bores the College of Unreason -- and the Museum of Old Machines!</p><p> </p>