Erewhon Revisited

Samuel Butler, Samuel Butler

• Publisher: Start Publishing LLC
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9781625587046
• Subtopic: Classics

Erewhon, set in a thinly disguised New Zealand, ended with the escape of its protagonist from the native Erewhonians by balloon. In the sequel, narrated by his son John. Higgs returns to Erewhon and meets his former lover Yram, who is now the mother of his son George. He discovers that he is now worshipped as "the Sunchild." He finds himself in danger from the villainous Professors Hanky and Panky, who are determined to protect Sunchildism from him. With George's help Higgs escapes from their clutches and returns to England.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Twenty Years Later
• Ups and Downs of Fortune—my Father Starts for Erewhon
• To the Foot of the Pass into Erewhon
• My Father While Camping Is Accosted by Professors Hanky and Panky
• My Father Overhears More of Hanky and Panky’s Conversation
• My Father Meets a Son, of Whose Existence He Was Ignorant; and Strikes a Bargain with Him
• Further Conversation Between Father and Son—the Professors’ Hoard
• Signs of the New Order of Things Catch My Father’s Eye on Every Side
• Yram, Now Mayoress, Gives a Dinner-party, in the Course of Which She Is Disquieted by What She Learns from Professor Hanky: She Sends for Her Son George and Questions Him
• Interview Between Yram and Her Son
• My Father, Fearing Recognition at Sunch’-ston, Betakes Himself to the Neighbouring Town of Fairmead
• President Gurgoyle’s Pamphlet “On the Physics of Vicarious Existence”
• George Fails to Find My Father, Whereon Yram Cautions the Professors
• A Visit to the Provincial Deformatory at Fairmead
• My Father Makes the Acquaintance of Mr Balmy, and Walks with Him next Day to Sunch’ston
• The Temple Is Dedicated to My Father, and Certain Extracts Are Read from His Supposed Sayings
• Professor Hanky Preaches a Sermon, in the Course of Which My Father Declares Himself to Be the Sunchild
• George Takes His Father to Prison, and There Obtains Some Useful Information
• Yram Invites Dr. Downie and Mrs. Humdrum to Luncheon—a Passage at Arms Between Her and Hanky Is Amicably Arranged
• A Council Is Held at the Mayor’s, in the Course of Which George Turns the Tables on the Professors
• Mrs. Humdrum and Dr. Downie Propose a Compromise, Which, after an Amendment by George, Is Carried Nem. Con.
• Yram, on Getting Rid of Her Guests, Goes to the Prison to See My Father
• Mainly Occupied with a Veracious Extract from a Sunch’stonian Journal
• My Father Is Escorted to the Mayor’s House, and Is Introduced to a Future Daughter-in-law
• After Dinner, Dr. Downie and the Professors Would Be Glad to Know What Is to Be Done about Sunchildism
• George Escorts My Father to the Statues; the Two Then Part
• My Father Reaches Home, and Dies Not Long Afterwards
• I Meet My Brother George at the Statues, on the Top of the Pass into Erewhon
• George and I Spend a Few Hours Together at the Statues, and Then Part—I Reach Home—Postscript