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Way of All Flesh
Way of All Flesh
Author: Samuel Butler
'I am the enfant terrible of literature and science. If I cannot, and I know I cannot, get the literary and scientific big-wigs to give me a shilling, I can, and I know I can, heave bricks into the middle of them.' With "The Way of All Flesh", Samuel Butler threw a subversive brick at the smug face of Victorian domesticity. Published in 1903, a ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780224600897
ISBN-10: 0224600893
Pages: 296
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Publisher: Dufour Editions
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
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Almost universally rated as one of the classic fiction, and it's deserved. Completed in the 1880's, but not published until 1903, after his death, because it was nearly autobiographical. I've come to appreciate 19th century novels, with their rich descriptions, character development, language craft, smooth humor--and thought-provoking points and themes. It's not a fast read, but I'd say well worth an unhurried journey.
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Good story, just didn't care for writing style


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