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Samuel Butler

1835–1902

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Samuel Butler (1835–1902) was an English novelist and critic, best known for the satirical utopian novel Erewhon (1872) and the semi-autobiographical novel The Way of All Flesh. Both novels have remained in print since their initial publication. He also examined Christian orthodoxy, evolutionary thought, and Italian art, and made prose translations of the Iliad and Odyssey that are still consulted.

Born
1835

Books by Samuel Butler

  1. Cover of Erewhon

    Erewhon

    1872

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  2. Cover of The way of all flesh

    The way of all flesh

    Year unknown

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