Erewhon Revisited: Twenty Years Later, Both By The Original Discoverer Of The Country And By His Son
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A satirical Victorian novel, Erewhon Revisited: Twenty Years Later, Both By The Original Discoverer Of The Country And By His Son returns readers to the fantastical, inverted utopia first introduced in Samuel Butler's celebrated Erewhon, chronicling the journey of Higgs — the original discoverer — as he ventures back to the strange land two decades after his escape by balloon. Upon his return, Higgs uncovers that his dramatic departure has been mythologized into a religious miracle, spawning an entire new faith called Sunchildism, complete with priests, rituals, and doctrines built around his supposed divine ascent. Butler wields sharp, biting wit to argue against the credulity of organized religion and the ease with which myth supplants truth in human society. The narrative, told with both irony and warmth, illustrates how institutions exploit wonder and ignorance to consolidate power, drawing unmistakable parallels to the history of Christianity. A brilliant and irreverent sequel, it stands as one of Butler's most pointed works of social and religious satire.
Author: Samuel Butler
Format: Hardback
Published: 1921, Jonathan Cape
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
A satirical Victorian novel, Erewhon Revisited: Twenty Years Later, Both By The Original Discoverer Of The Country And By His Son returns readers to the fantastical, inverted utopia first introduced in Samuel Butler's celebrated Erewhon, chronicling the journey of Higgs — the original discoverer — as he ventures back to the strange land two decades after his escape by balloon. Upon his return, Higgs uncovers that his dramatic departure has been mythologized into a religious miracle, spawning an entire new faith called Sunchildism, complete with priests, rituals, and doctrines built around his supposed divine ascent. Butler wields sharp, biting wit to argue against the credulity of organized religion and the ease with which myth supplants truth in human society. The narrative, told with both irony and warmth, illustrates how institutions exploit wonder and ignorance to consolidate power, drawing unmistakable parallels to the history of Christianity. A brilliant and irreverent sequel, it stands as one of Butler's most pointed works of social and religious satire.