Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Butler (Illustrated)

Samuel Butler

avr. 2015 · Series Five Livre 19 · Delphi Classics

À propos de cet ebook

Samuel Butler was an iconoclastic author, whose Utopian novel ‘Erewhon’ satirised numerous aspects of Victorian society, influencing science-fiction and modern masterpieces. This comprehensive eBook presents Butler’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Butler’s life and works
* Concise introductions to the novels and other texts
* ALL the novels, with individual contents tables
* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Rare non-fiction works appearing in digital print for the first time
* Includes Butler’s note-books - spend hours exploring the author’s many works
* The Homeric translations
* Features a bonus biography - discover Butler’s literary life
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

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CONTENTS:

The Novels
EREWHON: OR OVER THE RANGE
EREWHON REVISITED TWENTY YEARS LATER
THE WAY OF ALL FLESH

The Non-Fiction
A FIRST YEAR IN CANTERBURY SETTLEMENT
THE EVIDENCE FOR THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST, AS GIVEN BY THE FOUR EVANGELISTS, CRITICALLY EXAMINED
THE FAIR HAVEN
LIFE AND HABIT
EVOLUTION, OLD AND NEW
UNCONSCIOUS MEMORY
ALPS AND SANCTUARIES OF PIEDMONT AND THE CANTON TICINO
SELECTIONS FROM PREVIOUS WORKS
LUCK OR CUNNING AS THE MAIN MEANS OF ORGANIC MODIFICATION?
EX VOTO
A LECTURE ON THE HUMOUR OF HOMER AND OTHER ESSAYS
THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF DR. SAMUEL BUTLER
SHAKESPEARE’S SONNETS RECONSIDERED
THE AUTHORESS OF THE ODYSSEY
ESSAYS ON LIFE, ART AND SCIENCE
CAMBRIDGE PIECES
CANTERBURY PIECES
GOD THE KNOWN AND GOD THE UNKNOWN

The Epic Poem Translations
THE ILIAD OF HOMER, RENDERED INTO ENGLISH PROSE
THE ODYSSEY, RENDERED INTO ENGLISH PROSE

The Note-Books
THE NOTE-BOOKS OF SAMUEL BUTLER

The Biography
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF SAMUEL BUTLER, AUTHOR OF EREWHON by Henry Festing Jones

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