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ID: 698008


Title: The Way of All Flesh


Author: Samuel Butler


Narrator: David Timson


Format: Unabridged


Length: 17:30:29


Language: English


Release date: 06-25-19


Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks


Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics



Summary:


A thinly disguised autobiographical novel, The Way of All Flesh is a powerful critique of late Victorian beliefs and values. It tells of several generations of the Pontifex family, with Ernest, son of hypocritical and domineering parents, at the centre of its narrative. After a disastrous career in the church, culminating in a spell in prison, Ernest goes on to find his own way in the world, rejecting both Christianity and the strictures imposed by his family.


The books attack on the domestic, religious and sexual hypocrisy of its time caused the author to delay its publication. However, later authors praised the novel, with George Orwell observing that He would say things that other people knew but didnt dare to say, and A.A. Milne describing it as the second- best novel in the English language.



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