Samuel Butler: The Way of All Flesh (2009, The Floating Press)
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Published June 3, 2009 by The Floating Press.
Samuel Butler's The Way of All Flesh follows four generations of the Pontifex family. The novel is semi-autobiographical and attacks the hypocrisy that was characteristic in the Victorian era. It was written between 1873 and 1884, but Butler didn't risk publishing it in his life - it was instead finally released a year after Butler's death, in 1903.
One of the great novels. Picked it up because Williams Gaddis said it was among his favorites. Could have been written yesterday. Hilarious and so very insightful about art and life.
