Erewhon (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Samuel Butler
- First Published: 1872
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Utopian
- Time of Work: The 1870’s
- Setting: Erewhon and England
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire, Utopian fiction
- Subjects: Values, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, England or English people, Adventure, Government, Utopias, Hot air balloons, blimps, or dirigibles, Machinery
- Locales: England, Utopias
Characters Discussed
Strong, a young farmworker who journeys into Erewhon; he discovers there a civilization partly the reverse of and partly similar to that of England. Somewhat like Jonathon Swift’s Gulliver, Strong seems a thoughtful, observant, inquiring, and sometimes rather naïve traveler. He should not be identified with the author, since Butler used him only as a convenient mouthpiece to convey the satire in the novel.
Kahabuka (Chowbok), an old native, a sort of chief with a little knowledge of English and a great thirst for grog, with which Strong bribes him...
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