Samuel Butler

The Way of All Flesh is a semi-autobiographical novel by Samuel Butler that attacks Victorian-era hypocrisy. Written between 1873 and 1884, it traces four generations of the Pontifex family. Butler dared not publish it during his lifetime, but when it was published it was accepted as part of the general reaction …

Erewhon ou De l'autre côté des montagnes est un roman utopique de Samuel Butler publié anonymement en 1872. Erewhon, anagramme presque anacyclique de nowhere, « nulle part » en anglais, est le nom du pays imaginaire où se déroule l'essentiel du roman. Il s'agit d'une satire de la société victorienne, parfois comparée …