Samuel Butler (1835 – 1902) is just a name to me I'm afraid. I am aware of his two most
famous novels, the Utopian satire Erewhon
and the semi-autobiographical novel published posthumously, The
Way of All Flesh but have never thought about reading them. He is also known, they say, for
examining Christian orthodoxy, substantive studies of evolutionary
thought, studies of Italian art and works of literary history and
criticism. Butler also made prose translations of the Iliad
and
Odyssey
which remain in use today. He spent some years in New Zealand and led a somewhat complicated private life. He never married.
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