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  • Evolution, Old and New

    by Samuel Butler ...
    Since the proof-sheets of the Appendix to this book left my hands, finally corrected, and too late for me to be able to recast the first of the two chapters that compose it, I hear, with the most profound regret, of the death of Mr. Charles Darwin. It being still possible for me to refer to this event in a preface, I hasten to say how much it grates upon me to appear to renew my attack upon Mr. ... Read more

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  • Essays on Life, Art and Science

    by Samuel Butler ...
    It is hardly necessary to apologise for the miscellaneous character of the following collection of essays. Samuel Butler was a man of such unusual versatility, and his interests were so many and so various that his literary remains were bound to cover a wide field. Nevertheless it will be found that several of the subjects to which he devoted much time and labour are not represented in these pages ... Read more

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  • Erewhon; Or, Over the Range: Samuel Butler's Satirical Voyage to a Strange Utopia

    by Samuel Butler ...
    Erewhon; Or, Over the Range: Samuel Butler's Satirical Voyage to a Strange Utopia - Join Samuel Butler on an imaginative journey to the bizarre and thought-provoking land of Erewhon in "Erewhon; Or, Over the Range." In this satirical novel, Butler explores a society where conventions are turned upside down, challenging our preconceptions about civilization, technology, and human nature. With wit ... Read more

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  • Erewhon (Mobi Classics)

    by Samuel Butler ...
    Erewhon, or Over the Range is a novel by Samuel Butler, published anonymously in 1872. The title is also the name of a country, supposedly discovered by the protagonist. In the novel, it is not revealed in which part of the world Erewhon is, but it is clear that it is a fictional country. Butler meant the title to be read as the word Nowhere backwards, even though the letters "h" and "w" are ... Read more

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  • The Way of All Flesh

    by Samuel Butler ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Samuel Butler (4 December 1835 - 18 June 1902) was an iconoclastic Victorian author who published a variety of works, including the Utopian satire Erewhon and the posthumous novel The Way of All Flesh, his two best-known works, but also extending to examinations of Christian orthodoxy, substantive studies of evolutionary thought, studies of Italian art, and works of ... Read more

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  • Erewhon

    by Samuel Butler ...
    Setting out to make his fortune in a far-off country, a young traveller discovers the remote and beautiful land of Erewhon and is given a home among its extraordinarily handsome citizens. But their visitor soon discovers that this seemingly ideal community has its faults - here crime is treated indulgently as a malady to be cured, while illness, poverty and misfortune are cruelly punished, and all ... Read more

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  • Erewhon

    by Samuel Butler ...
    Erewhon (an anagram of nowhere) is a novel by English writer Samuel Butler, first published anonymously in 1872, set in a fictional country discovered and explored by the protagonist. The book is a satire on Victorian society.Samuel Butler (4 December 1835 – 18 June 1902) was an English novelist and critic, best known for the satirical utopian novel Erewhon (1872) and the semi-autobiographical ... Read more

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  • The Iliad of Homer

    by Samuel Butler ...
    The Iliad is an ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnonand the warrior Achilles. ... Read more

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  • The Way of All Flesh

    by Samuel Butler ...
    Written between 1873 and 1884 and published posthumously in 1903, "The Way of All Flesh" is regarded by some as the first twentieth-century novel. Samuel Butler's autobiographical account of a harsh upbringing and troubled adulthood shines an iconoclastic light on the hypocrisy of a Victorian clerical family's domestic life. It also foreshadows the crumbling of nineteenth-century bourgeois ideals ... Read more

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  • The Way of All Flesh

    by Samuel Butler ...
    Series series Modern Library 100 Best Novels
    Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all timeSamuel Butler was among the most wide-ranging of the accomplished crew of late Victorian writers to which be belonged -- a forceful controversialist in the debates that surrounded Darwin's theory of evolution, a painter who sometimes exhibited at the Royal Academy, an idiosyncratic critic and a gifted travel writer, and even, ... Read more

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  • The Atlas of Ancient and Classical Geography

    Enriched edition. Detailed Maps and Cultural Narratives Illuminating Greek and Roman Antiquity

    by Samuel Butler ...
    In "The Atlas of Ancient and Classical Geography," Samuel Butler masterfully synthesizes cartographic precision with literary flair, crafting a rigorous examination of the ancient world through a geographic lens. This work stands out for its detailed maps and illustrations that elucidate historical contexts, allowing readers to navigate the complexities of geography in relation to the classical ... Read more

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  • Erewhon

    by Samuel Butler ...
    A young traveller sets out to make his fortune and discovers the idyllic distant land of Erewhon. Its people welcome him with open arms, but this apparent utopia soon reveals its darker side.In Erewhon, money has no value and disease is a crime, yet poverty is punishable and criminals are cared for as though sick. How can he survive in a land where morality makes no sense?'Erewhon' is Samuel ... Read more

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