- EAN13
- 9788728102015
- Éditeur
- SAGA Egmont
- Date de publication
- 02/06/2022
- Langue
- anglais
- Fiches UNIMARC
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Aide EAN13 : 9788728102015
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‘Erewhon Revisited’ the sequel to ‘Erewhon’, Samuel Butler’s 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 ‘Sunchildism’ and Higgs, the
unwitting ‘Sun Child,’ 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. Butler’s humorous, perceptive book is a penetrating satire of
Christianity in Victorian England and is still as relevant and fresh today.
‘Erewhon Revisited’ is Samuel Butler’s last novel. Samuel Butler (1835-1902)
was a revolutionary English novelist and critic. He is best known for the
utopian novel ‘Erewhon’ (1872) and the posthumous, semi-autobiographical novel
‘The Way of All Flesh’ (1903). Both of which have remained in print ever
since. ‘Erewhon’ 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 ‘Brave New World’, while George Bernard Shaw deemed
Butler ‘the greatest English writer of the latter half of the nineteenth
century.’
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 ‘Sunchildism’ and Higgs, the
unwitting ‘Sun Child,’ 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. Butler’s humorous, perceptive book is a penetrating satire of
Christianity in Victorian England and is still as relevant and fresh today.
‘Erewhon Revisited’ is Samuel Butler’s last novel. Samuel Butler (1835-1902)
was a revolutionary English novelist and critic. He is best known for the
utopian novel ‘Erewhon’ (1872) and the posthumous, semi-autobiographical novel
‘The Way of All Flesh’ (1903). Both of which have remained in print ever
since. ‘Erewhon’ 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 ‘Brave New World’, while George Bernard Shaw deemed
Butler ‘the greatest English writer of the latter half of the nineteenth
century.’
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