Erewhon 

The whole thing is a satirical look at various aspects of society. Both the hypocritical society being satirized and the satire belong very much to England in the Victorian era.

To most 21st century readers, it is so slow, contrived and obvious as to be almost unreadable, though it manages an occasional moment of beauty, and one or two incidents might still have some shock value.

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