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Erewhon Revisited
章节(30)
- Epigraph 0:00
- Author’s Preface 0:14
- I: Ups and Downs of Fortune—My Father Starts for Erewhon 4:31
- II: To the Foot of the Pass Into Erewhon 31:22
- III: My Father While Camping Is Accosted by Professors Hanky and Panky 41:22
- IV: My Father Overhears More of Hanky and Panky’s Conversation 1:03:06
- V: My Father Meets a Son, of Whose Existence He Was Ignorant; and Strikes a Bargain with Him 1:27:57
- VI: Further Conversation Between Father and Son—The Professors’ Hoard 1:48:40
- VII: Signs of the New Order of Things Catch My Father’s Eye on Every Side 2:02:13
- VIII: 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 2:19:58
- IX: Interview Between Yram and Her Son 2:43:25
- X: My Father, Fearing Recognition at Sunch’ston, Betakes Himself to the Neighbouring Town of Fairmead 3:00:31
- XI: President Gurgoyle’s Pamphlet “On the Physics of Vicarious Existence” 3:19:53
- XII: George Fails to Find My Father, Whereon Yram Cautions the Professors 3:43:16
- XIII: A Visit to the Provincial Deformatory at Fairmead 4:01:02
- XIV: My Father Makes the Acquaintance of Mr. Balmy, and Walks with Him Next Day to Sunch’ston 4:17:13
- XV: The Temple Is Dedicated to My Father, and Certain Extracts Are Read from His Supposed Sayings 4:43:42
- XVI: Professor Hanky Preaches a Sermon, in the Course of Which My Father Declares Himself to Be the Sunchild 5:07:17
- XVII: George Takes His Father to Prison, and There Obtains Some Useful Information 5:33:22
- XVIII: Yram Invites Dr. Downie and Mrs. Humdrum to Luncheon—A Passage at Arms Between Her and Hanky Is Amicably Arranged 5:47:50
- XIX: A Council Is Held at the Mayor’s, in the Course of Which George Turns the Tables on the Professors 5:55:00
- XX: Mrs. Humdrum and Dr. Downie Propose a Compromise, Which, After an Amendment by George, Is Carried Nem. Con. 6:12:04
- XXI: Yram, on Getting Rid of Her Guests, Goes to the Prison to See My Father 6:22:37
- XXII: Mainly Occupied with a Veracious Extract from a Sunch’stonian Journal 6:37:39
- XXIII: My Father Is Escorted to the Mayor’s House, and Is Introduced to a Future Daughter-in-Law 6:55:13
- XXIV: After Dinner, Dr. Downie and the Professors Would Be Glad to Know What Is to Be Done About Sunchildism 7:07:33
- XXV: George Escorts My Father to the Statues; The Two Then Part 7:22:29
- XXVI: My Father Reaches Home, and Dies Not Long Afterwards 7:40:26
- XXVII: I Meet My Brother George at the Statues, on the Top of the Pass Into Erewhon 7:51:43
- XXVIII: George and I Spend a Few Hours Together at the Statues, and Then Part—I Reach Home—Postscript 8:17:14
Higgs has made his fortune with sales of his original travelogue Erewhon. When his wife dies, his long-held desire to return to the country overwhelms him, and even his friends agree that a change of scenery would be a good idea. Soon after his departure he returns back home to England unexpectedly early and deeply unwell, and so it’s down to his son John to piece together what happened during his fleeting visit to Erewhon.
Written nearly thirty years after the first book, Erewhon Revisited is Samuel Butler’s attempt to reason about the ongoing effect Higgs’ first visit—and dramatic exit—would have had on the closed society of Erewhon. The playful satire of the first book remains, but this time focused on a new target: religion. This focus did the book no favors among the establishment of the day, but after partnering with George Bernard Shaw’s imprint it was finally published in 1901. While never as critically or commercially successful as the first book, it remains a fascinating read.