Way of All Flesh
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The Way of All Flesh is a semi-autobiographical novel by Samuel Butler that offers a scathing critique of Victorian society and its hypocrisies. Told through the lens of Ernest Pontifex, the story traces four generations of the Pontifex family, exposing the damaging effects of strict religious upbringing, societal expectations, and the suffocating nature of Victorian morality. Butler's writing is sharp, witty, and often darkly humorous, as he dissects the contradictions inherent in the Victorian worldview.Book Details
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Samuel Butler was an English novelist and critic. He is best known for the satirical utopian novel Erewhon (1872) and the semi-autobiographical The Way of All Flesh, published posthumously in 1903. Bo...
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