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The Way of All Flesh
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #65984 in Books
- Published on: 2004-08-11
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: .80" h x 5.18" w x 8.26" l, .55 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 320 pages
Editorial Reviews
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"One of the time bombs of all literature" (V.S. Pritchett). Written in the 1880s and not published until 1903 after Butler's death, the semi-autobiographical story of the Pontifex family savages the bourgeois Victorian family and its values.
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From the Back Cover
Reared on piety, repression and emotional blackmail, Ernest Pontifex follows the course prescribed for him towards Holy Orders. Yet rebellion at Cambridge, unwise theology, unwiser financial dealings, and finally prison free him from his parents' tyranny. Left with his health and career ruined, Ernest faces still more trials before fortune and his godfather rescue him from the brink. This savagely funny, iconoclastic odyssey from joyless duty to unbridled liberalism exposes the hypocrisy of nineteenth century family life.
