βErewhon Revisitedβ the sequel to βErewhonβ, Samuel Butlerβs acclaimed first novel, finds adventurer Higgs returning to the mysterious, distant land of Erewhon. There he discovers its people ruled by a religious cult inspired by his hot-air balloon escape thirty years earlier.
Devious professors Hanky and Panky have invented a new religion called βSunchildismβ and Higgs, the unwitting βSun Child,β is not welcome. The professors are determined to preserve their grip on Erewhonians leaving Higgs in mortal danger. With the help of his newfound son, Higgs must once again escape Erewhon if he is to survive.
Butlerβs humorous, perceptive book is a penetrating satire of Christianity in Victorian England and is still as relevant and fresh today. βErewhon Revisitedβ is Samuel Butlerβs last novel.
Samuel Butler (1835-1902) was a revolutionary English novelist and critic. He is best known for the utopian novel βErewhonβ (1872) and the posthumous, semi-autobiographical novel βThe Way of All Fleshβ (1903). Both of which have remained in print ever since. βErewhonβ is renowned as one of the first books to explore the idea of machine evolution. The English writer Aldous Huxley acknowledged the book's influence on his novel βBrave New Worldβ, while George Bernard Shaw deemed Butler βthe greatest English writer of the latter half of the nineteenth century.β
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