The Way of All Flesh
by Samuel Butler
The Way of All Flesh (sometimes called Ernest Pontifex, or the Way of All Flesh) is a semi-autobiographical novel by Samuel Butler that attacks Victorian-era hypocrisy. Written between 1873 and 1884, it traces four generations of the Pontifex family. Butler dared not publish it during his lifetime, but when it was published (in 1903) it was accepted as part of the general reaction against Victorianism.The title is a common misquotation of a Biblical Hebrew expression, to go the way of all the earth, meaning to die (1 Kings 2:2 etc.).In 1998, the Modern Library ranked The Way of All Flesh twelfth on its list of the 100 best English-language no…
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- ISBN: 978-2-38226-125-5
- EAN: 9782382261255
- Produktnummer: 34614635
- Verlag: Sahara Publisher Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 418 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D2.2 cm 603 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 603
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