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The Way of All Flesh (Modern Library 100 Best Novels),Used
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Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all timeThe Way of All Flesh is one of the timebombs of literature,' said V. S. Pritchett. 'One thinks of it lying in Samuel Butler's desk for thirty years, waiting to blow up the Victorian family and with it the whole great pillared and balustraded edifice of the Victorian novel.'Written between 1873 and 1884 but not published until 1903, a year after Butler's death, his marvelously uninhibited satire savages Victorian bourgeois values as personified by multiple generations of the Pontifex family. A thinly veiled account of his own upbringing in the bosom of a Godfearing Christian family, Butler's scathingly funny depiction of the selfrighteous hypocrisy underlying nineteenthcentury domestic life was hailed by George Bernard Shaw as 'one of the summits of human achievement.''If the house caught on fire, the Victorian novel I would rescue from the flames would be The Way of All Flesh,' wrote William Maxwell in The New Yorker. 'It is read, I believe, mostly by the young, bent on making out a case against their elders, but Butler was fifty when he stopped working on it, and no reader much under that age is likely to appreciate the full beauty of its horrors. . . . Every contemporary novelist with a developed sense of irony is probably in some measure, directly or indirectly, indebted to Butler, who had the misfortune to be a twentiethcentury man born in the year 1835.'
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- Q: What is 'The Way of All Flesh' about? A: 'The Way of All Flesh' is a satirical novel by Samuel Butler that critiques Victorian family life and bourgeois values through the story of the Pontifex family, reflecting Butler's own upbringing.
- Q: Who is the author of 'The Way of All Flesh'? A: The author of 'The Way of All Flesh' is Samuel Butler, an English writer known for his critical perspective on Victorian society.
- Q: When was 'The Way of All Flesh' published? A: 'The Way of All Flesh' was published in 1903, a year after Samuel Butler's death, although it was written between 1873 and 1884.
- Q: What is the genre of 'The Way of All Flesh'? A: 'The Way of All Flesh' falls under the genre of classics, often recognized as one of the 100 best novels of all time by the Modern Library.
- Q: How many pages does 'The Way of All Flesh' have? A: 'The Way of All Flesh' contains 448 pages.
- Q: What is the binding type of this book? A: The book is available in paperback binding.
- Q: What condition is 'The Way of All Flesh' in? A: 'The Way of All Flesh' is offered in new condition.
- Q: Is 'The Way of All Flesh' suitable for young readers? A: 'The Way of All Flesh' is often read by younger audiences seeking to understand their elders, but its full depth may be appreciated by older readers.
- Q: What themes are explored in 'The Way of All Flesh'? A: 'The Way of All Flesh' explores themes of hypocrisy, familial relationships, and the critique of societal norms during the Victorian era.
- Q: When was the latest edition of 'The Way of All Flesh' released? A: The latest edition of 'The Way of All Flesh' was released on September 14, 1998.