The Way of All Flesh (Classic Reprint)
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Butler, Samuel) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from The Way of All Flesh I am reminded of old Vigneron´s remark about Meyerbeer; for Samuel Butler died without my noticing it; I didn´t even know he was sick. Shortly after his cremated ashes had been scattered to the winds of heaven. a learned lady asked me if I knew anything about Samuel Butler. Although I have ceased to be shocked at anything the azure-footed say or do, I did feet a penumbra of chagrin, for I earn my bread by teaching English Literature. I proceeded to emit a few platitudes about Hudibras, when I was sharply interrupted, and informed that the subject for discussion was the great Samuel Butler, the Samuel Butler, "the greatest novelist of the nineteenth century." This is a title that few writers of modem fiction have escaped, and I breathed easier. "Ignorance, Madam, pure ignorance," - how often Johnson has helped us! Now I am grateful to my fair tutor, for while the name of the Erewhon philosopher must eventually have penetrated even into academic circles, I might have remained a few months longer in the outer darkness, and thus have postponed my acquaintance with The Way of All Flesh. Butler spent a good many years writing this extraordinary book, and finished it a good many years ago, but in 1903, on his deathbed, gave for the first time permission to have it printed, characteristically reversing the conventional deathbed repentance and confession. He, who had abandoned all faith except in his own infallibility, ardently believed in his posthumous fame, which has become a reality. Its slow growth seems to indicate permanence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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