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The Way of All Flesh

by Samuel Butler

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"One of the time bombs of all literature" (V.S. Pritchett). Written in the 1880s and not published until 1903 after Butler's death, the semi-autobiographical story of the Pontifex family savages the bourgeois Victorian family and its values. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

First published: 1994 356 pages ISBN: 1853262285
Category
Literature
Priority
Recommended
Author works
4
Language
eng
Subjects
Autobiographical fictionBildungsromansCategory: British LiteratureCategory: NovelsChildren of clergyChildren of clergy -- FictionClassic LiteratureConflict of generationsConflict of generations -- FictionDomestic fictionEngland -- FictionEngland, fictionFictionFiction, sagasMiddle classMiddle class -- FictionParent and adult child -- FictionParent and childParent and child, fictionYoung menYoung men -- Fiction

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