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The Way of All Flesh.
de Butler, Samuel
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London: Grant Richards, 1903. First edition of Butler's semi-autobiographical Bildungsroman. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box. Written between 1873 and 1884, Butler's The Way of All Flesh was published posthumously in 1903, as Butler dared not publish the attack on Victorian-era hypocrisy during his lifetime. Tracing four generations of the Pontifeux family, the novel has been praised by numerous authors including George Bernard Shaw, George Orwell, and A.A. Milne who stated in his essay A Household Book: "Once upon a time I discovered Samuel Butler; not the other two, but the one who wrote The Way of All Flesh, the second-best novel in the English language. I say the second-best, so that, if you remind me of Tom Jones, or The Mayor of Casterbridge, or any other that you fancy, I can say, of course, that one is the best." The Way of All Flesh has remained in print since its initial publication and in 1998, the Modern Library ranked it twelfth on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.
Sinopsis
The Way of All Flesh by Samuel Butler is a semi-autobiographical novel that attacks Victorian-era hypocrisy. The story traces the history of the Pontifex family from the early eighteenth century until about 1880 and focuses, for the most part, on the life of young Ernest Pontifex, the novel’s protagonist. Yet Ernest isn’t born until 1835, in the book’s 17th chapter. Butler uses the first 16 chapters to provide a psychological portrait of the Pontifex family background as a means of allowing readers to understand what factors have gone into forming Ernest’s personality and the longevity of the chains of tradition he must break. Upon publication in 1903, the book seemed very much of its time, an early 20th century groundbreaker alongside the work of Sigmund Freud and Pablo Picasso. The Way of All Flesh seemed to celebrate the end of the Victorian age just as it was decidedly over. But in fact, Butler had written the book decades earlier, between 1873 and 1884, though he deemed it too shocking for publication during his lifetime. As a result, Richard Alexander Streatfeild, a friend of Butler’s, arranged the publication — as the author requested of him — a year after his death. Streatfeild proved to be a good friend indeed as The Way of All Flesh was ranked twelfth on the Modern Library’s list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.
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- Raptis Rare Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 110721
- Título
- The Way of All Flesh.
- Autor
- Butler, Samuel
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Grant Richards
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1903
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- Samuel Butler, sangorski-and-sutcliffe, The Way of All Flesh
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Morocco
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- Octavo
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