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Samuel Butler

1835-1902

Samuel Butler was a 19th-century English novelist and critic, known for his work 'The Way of All Flesh' and his satire 'Erewhon'.

Biography

Samuel Butler was a 19th-century English novelist and critic, known for his work 'The Way of All Flesh' and his satire 'Erewhon'.

He was born on December 4, 1835, in Langar, Nottinghamshire, England, and died on June 18, 1902, in London.

Butler studied at the University of Cambridge and traveled to New Zealand, experiences that would influence his later work.

His writing stood out for its sharpness and its ability to question the social and religious conventions of his time.

Samuel Butler left a significant literary legacy and is still remembered as an influential novelist of the Victorian era..