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Samuel Butler (1) [1835–1902]

This page covers the author of The Way of All Flesh.

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The son of a clergyman and grandson of an Anglican bishop, Samuel Butler seemed destined for a life in the church. After graduating from Cambridge, however, he spent some time in New Zealand as a sheep-rancher. When he returned to England, he settled down as a journalist and writer. He engaged in many controversies over Darwinism. Butler is best known by two satirical novels, Erewhon (1872) and The Way of All Flesh (1903). Erewhon, an anagram for "nowhere," attacked contemporary attitudes in science, religion, and social mores. The Way of All Flesh was a study of the Pontifex family in a surprisingly modern tone. Erewhon Revisited (1901) continues his attack on religion. Another work, The Fair Haven (1873), is another subtle attack on religion, presented in the guise of a defense of the Gospels, though it actually undermines them. The Family Letters is a selection from the correspondence of Butler and his father, with several letters to and from his mother and sisters and one or two other relatives. Those between Butler and his father show how close the early part of The Way of All Flesh was to the events in the son's life. A brilliant, versatile writer, Butler was one of the most searching critics of his time. Butler died in 1902. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from The Way of All Flesh… (more)
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Works by Samuel Butler
The Way of All Flesh 3,488 copies, 39 reviews
Erewhon 2,043 copies, 36 reviews
Erewhon and Erewhon Revisited 221 copies, 2 reviews
The Notebooks of Samuel Butler 102 copies, 1 review
Erewhon Revisited 91 copies, 1 review
The Authoress of the Odyssey 44 copies, 1 review
Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino 32 copies
The Fair Haven 22 copies
Life and Habit 21 copies, 1 review
The Humour of Homer and Other Essays 19 copies
Essays on Life, Art and Science 19 copies
Ex Voto 16 copies
Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and… 16 copies
Cambridge Pieces 15 copies
First Year in Canterbury Settlement 12 copies
God the Known and God the Unknown 12 copies
Selected essays 10 copies
Luck, or Cunning, as the Main Means of Organic Modification? An Attempt to… 9 copies
Unconscious Memory 9 copies
Selections from the note-books of Samuel Butler (Traveller's library… 9 copies
Letters between Samuel Butler and Miss E.M.A. Savage, 1871-1885 8 copies
Samuel Butler at Mesopotamia, together with Butler's "Forest Creek"… 8 copies
Samuel Butler's Notebooks: Selections 7 copies
Further Extracts from the Note-Books of Samuel Butler 6 copies
Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Butler (Series Five Book 19) 5 copies
Selections from previous works : and remarks on romanes' mental evolution… 5 copies
Dizionario dei luoghi non comuni 5 copies
Butleriana 4 copies
Shakespeare's Sonnets Reconsidered 4 copies
The Correspondence of Samuel Butler with His Sister May 4 copies
The family letters of Samuel Butler, 1841-1886 3 copies
The essential Samuel Butler 3 copies
Ainsi va toute chair I 2 copies, 1 review
Way of All Flesh (Quick Reader 129) 2 copies
The Authoress of the Odyssey By: Samuel Butler (novelist): Samuel Butler… 2 copies
The Way of All Flesh (World's Best Reading) Reader's Digest… 2 copies
Darwin Among the Machines 2 copies
Om papegojor och genier, med mera : ur Samuel Butlers anteckningsböcker 2 copies
Quis desiderio ... ? 2 copies
Samuel Butlers notebøger 1 copy
Samuel Butler, the way of all flesh : photographs, paintings watercolours… 1 copy
Tutti si muore 1 copy
Contrevérités 1 copy
Détruisons les machines 1 copy
Collected Essays [The Shrewbury Edition of the Works of Samuel Butler,… 1 copy
Collected Works of Samuel Butler: Collected Essays, Vol. II 1 copy
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Also by Samuel Butler
The Portable Victorian Reader (Contributor) 175 copies
Dystopia Utopia: Short Stories (Contributor) 111 copies
The Utopia Reader (Contributor) 109 copies, 1 review
Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Oedipus, Jason and the Argonauts and Much More -… (Translator, some editions) 23 copies
Strange Lands: Short Stories (Contributor) 21 copies
We, Robots (Contributor) 17 copies
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BUTLER, Samuel
Date of birth
1835-12-04
Date of death
1902-06-08
Burial location
Westminster Abbey, London, England, UK
Gender
male
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UK
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Birthplace
Langar, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Place of death
St John's Wood, London, England, UK
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Langar, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Canterbury, New Zealand
Italy
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Education
University of Cambridge (St. John's College)
Shrewsbury School
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clergyman
sheep farmer
writer
author
poet
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