内容简介
ThePenguinEnglishLibraryEditionofTheWayofAllFleshbySamuelButler.'Thegreaterpartofeveryfamilyisalwaysodious;ifthereareoneortwogoodonesinaverylargefamily,itisasmuchascanbeexpected'Writtenwithgreathumour,ironyandhonesty,TheWayofAllFleshexplodedperceptionsoftheVictorianmiddle-classfamilyinitsradicaldepictionofErnestPontifex,ayoungmanwhocastsoffhisbackgroundanddiscovershimself.Theawkwardbutlikeablesonofatyrannicalclergymanandapriggishmother,anddestinedtofollowhisfatherintothechurch,Ernestgleefullyrejectshisparents'respectability,andchoosesinsteadtofindhisownwayintheworld.ThePenguinEnglishLibrary-100editionsofthebestfictioninEnglish,fromtheeighteenthcenturyandtheveryfirstnovelstothebeginningoftheFirstWorldWar.
作者简介
SamuelButler(1835-1902)wasanauthor,literarycritic,philosopher,painterandtranslatorofHomer.Afteradisagreementabouthiscareerwithhisfather,aclergymanwhohadbeenpressuredintojoiningtheChurchbyhisownfather,ButlerleftEnglandtobecomeasheepfarmerinNewZealand.ThelettershewrotetohisfatherfromhereformedthebasisofhisutopiansatireErewhon.TheWayofAllFlesh,asemi-autobiographicalexplorationofVictorianfamilylifeandindictmentofVictorianhypocrisy,waspublishedposthumouslyin1903.