Samuel Butler: 99 books

Since the proof-sheets of the Appendix to this book left my hands, finally corrected, and too late for me to be able to recast the first of the two chapters that compose it, I hear, with the most profound regret, of the death of Mr. Charles Darwin. It being still possible for me to refer to this event...

In Erewhon, an anagram for "nowhere," sickness is a punishable crime, criminals receive compassionate medical treatment, and machines are banned, lest they evolve and take over. Originally published in 1872, the proto-steampunk novel Erewhon won its author immediate recognition as a satirist....

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. The Way of All Flesh (1903) mercilessly exposed Victorian hypocrisies of religion and social life. The novel built up a large following for its unsparing and often bitterly comic depiction of generations of the deluded...

I should perhaps apologise for publishing a work which professes to deal with the sanctuaries of Piedmont, and saying so little about the most important of them all— the Sacro Monte of Varallo. My excuse must be, that I found it impossible to deal with Varallo without making my book too long. Varallo requires a work to itself; I must, therefore, hope to return to it on another occasion.

MANKIND has ever been ready to discuss matters in the inverse ratio of their importance, so that the more closely a question is felt to touch the hearts of all of us, the more incumbent it is considered upon prudent people to profess that it does not exist, to frown it down, to tell it to hold its...

«El destino de la carne» es una obra intensamente autobiográfica. Su protagonista, Ernest Pontifex, encarna muchos de los conflictos que gobernaron la vida de su autor. Nacido en le seno de una familia acomodada, el joven Pontifex es víctima de unos padres reprimidos, de...

Erewhon, set in a thinly disguised New Zealand, ended with the escape of its protagonist from the native Erewhonians by balloon. In the sequel, narrated by his son John. Higgs returns to Erewhon and meets his former lover Yram, who is now the mother of his son George. He discovers that he is now worshipped...

A beautiful collection of notes penned by Butler; it summarizes his thoughts, reflections, conversations, and incidents that come across his life. These pieces collected over time bring forth the intellectual genius he possessed and convey the profound truths which often go unnoticed. Though "One's thoughts fly so fast", he captured and expressed them quite eloquently. Amazing!

Samuel Butler presents his dazzling thoughts in this magnificent anthology of essays and lectures. "The Humour of Homer and Other Essays" brings great insight into new ideas and reflections on topics deeply affecting human race. Keen to discuss archaeological and ancient works Butler brings together his own theories with those of other well-known scientists such as Darwin. Brilliant!