Samuel Butler

The Way of All Flesh


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The Way of All Flesh (1903) is a semi-autobiographical novel by Samuel Butler which attacks Victorian-era hypocrisy. Written between 1873 an…

Erewhon


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Erewhon, or Over the Range is a novel by Samuel Butler, published anonymously in 1872. The title is also the name of a country, supposedly d…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 001


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A collection of ten short essays or other short nonfiction works in the public domain read by LibriVox volunteers.

Poems and Prose for the Departed Vol. 01


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This is a collection of short poems and readings, both religious and secular, on death and bereavement. (Summary by Ruth Golding)

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 07


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The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 026


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A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the re…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 018


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A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the rea…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 034


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Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the English countryside; William R…

The Note-Books of Samuel Butler


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Early in his life Samuel Butler began to carry a note-book and to write down in it anything he wanted to remember; it might be something he …

A First Year in Canterbury Settlement


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Samuel Butler travelled to the South Island of New Zealand in 1860, landing at Lyttleton, the main port for the Canterbury Settlement. Altho…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 095


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"A legendary island in the Atlantic Ocean, first mentioned by Plato", is how the 11th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica descr…