Butler, Samuel 1835-1902

The way of all flesh by Samuel Butler ( Book )
438 editions published between 1867 and 2010 in 10 languages and held by 4,842 libraries worldwide
Satire leveled chiefly at certain methods of bring up children and false ideas of respectability.

The Iliad of Homer by Homer ( Book )
66 editions published between 1898 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 3,245 libraries worldwide
Poem by Homer describing the wanderings of Odysseus after the fall of Troy as he encounters gods and monsters.

The Odyssey by Homer ( Book )
67 editions published between 1811 and 2009 in English and held by 2,499 libraries worldwide
Ten years have passed since the end of the Trojan War, and yet Odysseus, hero of the war and king of Ithaca, has yet to return home. To the kind Phaeacians, upon whose island Odysseus has been shipwrecked, he recounts his wanderings, the torments and trials of the decade past.

Erewhon; or, Over the range by Samuel Butler ( Book )
190 editions published between 1872 and 2011 in English and French and held by 1,355 libraries worldwide

Erewhon and Erewhon revisited by Samuel Butler ( Book )
23 editions published between 1927 and 1965 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,338 libraries worldwide
In 'Erewhon', Higgs, a young Englishman, wanders into a long-isolated utopia : In 'Erewhon revisited', Higgs's now-grown son sets out to visit Erewhon himself.

The note-books of Samuel Butler by Samuel Butler ( Book )
146 editions published between 1907 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 1,244 libraries worldwide

Erewhon by Samuel Butler ( Book )
93 editions published between 1872 and 2010 in 10 languages and held by 1,118 libraries worldwide
Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902) was a Victorian novelist who wrote in many genres. The Way of All Flesh and Erewhon are his most famous novels. Besides fiction Butler also wrote on evolution, Christian orthodoxy, Italian art, literary history and translated the Illiad and The Odyssey. Erewhon is a utopian satire of Victorian England published in 1872. The title is the name of a fictional country and it is also the word nowhere spelled backwards. The beginning of the book deals with the discovery of Erewhon, which is based on Butlers time in New Zealand where he worked on a sheep ranch for four years. The novel satirizes religion, anthropocentrism, and criminal punishment.

Erewhon revisited by Samuel Butler ( Book )
37 editions published between 1901 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 940 libraries worldwide
In his accustomed way, Butler plants a "seedling idea", in this case, the supposed miraculous ascent of Higgs from Erewhon twenty years before. EREWHON REVISITED continues Butler's classic story of the lost country of Erewhon. All the skill which Butler had acquired by his controversies in marshalling evidence and in reviewing a whole system of thought in all its bearings is put to the happiest use, especially in the effects of climax made possible by the structural perfection of the work -- the furious outburst of Higgs against Hanky, for instance, in the cathedral; and, again, the ecclesiastical round table conference, debating whether Sunchildism shall be supported as a supernatural religion or not.

The importance of language by Max Black ( Book )
2 editions published in 1962 in English and held by 863 libraries worldwide

Erewhon; Erewhon revisited by Samuel Butler ( Book )
19 editions published between 1932 and 1975 in English and held by 791 libraries worldwide