The Way of All Flesh

The Way of All Flesh PDF Author: Samuel Butler
Publisher: Castrovilli Giuseppe
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Languages : en
Pages : 488

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The Way of All Flesh

The Way of All Flesh PDF Author: Samuel Butler
Publisher: Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
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Languages : en
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Samuel Butler was son and grandson of the priests. He graduated from Cambridge University in 1858. He got carried away by music and drawing. Torn with his father, in 1859-1864 he lived in New Zealand, bred sheep. He became an ardent devotee of Darwinism, his views spelled out in a study of Life and Habit (1877). Returning to England, engaged in literature and painting, lived a hermit. Traveled to Italy and Sicily. He exhibited paintings in the Royal Academy, wrote about Italian art. His prose was highly appreciated by Forster and Shaw, and later by Joyce, Lawrence, Aldous Huxley, Maugham, George Orwell. Extremely frank autobiographical novel "The Way of All Flesh" (The Way of All Flesh) was completed by the author in the 1880s, but at the author's will was not published during his lifetime and was published only in 1903. Six volumes of his notebooks were also published, correspondence. FS Fitzgerald on the back of the title page of this book Butler wrote with his hand: "The most interesting human document of all available".

Samuel Butler, Victorian Against the Grain

Samuel Butler, Victorian Against the Grain PDF Author: James G. Paradis
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 0802097456
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 441

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Samuel Butler, Victorian against the Grain is an interdisciplinary collection of essays that provides a critical overview of Butler's career, one which places his multifaceted body of work within the cultural framework of the Victorian age.

Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler PDF Author: Peter Raby
Publisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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The Note-books of Samuel Butler

The Note-books of Samuel Butler PDF Author: Samuel Butler
Publisher:
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Category : Aphorisms and apothegms, English
Languages : en
Pages : 468

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Hudibras

Hudibras PDF Author: Samuel Butler
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Languages : en
Pages : 204

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THE WAY OF ALL FLESH

THE WAY OF ALL FLESH PDF Author: Samuel Butler
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Languages : en
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Erewhon

Erewhon PDF Author: Samuel Butler
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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A satirical account of a traveller's discovery of Erewhon, land of paradoxical laws and frightening contradictions, from which he eventually makes his escape in a balloon.

Samuel Butler and the Meaning of Chiasmus

Samuel Butler and the Meaning of Chiasmus PDF Author: Ralf Norrman
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9781349180691
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 315

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The Authoress of the Odyssey

The Authoress of the Odyssey PDF Author: Samuel Butler
Publisher:
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Category : Epic poetry, Greek
Languages : en
Pages : 350

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Essays on Life, Art and Science (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)

Essays on Life, Art and Science (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition) PDF Author: Samuel Butler
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1427040001
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 398

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