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Samuel Butler;;English novelist, essayist, and critic Victorian author Victorian cultural life: “In those days one was either a religionist or a Darwinian, but he was neither. Erewhon: satire The Way of All Flesh (1903): autobiographical novel ;Butler at the age of 23, 1858;Life and Career; during 1858 and 1859 ,he lived in a low-income parish in London , preparation for his ordination to the Anglican clergy; in September 1859 he emigrated on the ship Roman Emperor[3] to New Zealand, He returned to England in 1864, settling in rooms in Cliffords Inn (near Fleet Street), where he lived for the rest of his life. ; His fathers death in 1886 resolved his financial problems for the last sixteen years of his own life. In 1872, the utopian novel Erewhon appeared anonymously, causing some speculation as to the identity of the author. His semi-autobiographical novel The Way of All Flesh did not appear in print until after his death, as he considered its tone of attack on Victorian hypocrisy too contentious. ;His Sexuality;The Way Of All Flesh;This largely autobiographical novel tells, with ruthless wit, realism, and lack of sentiment, the story of Butlers escape from the suffocating moral atmosphere of his home circle. Ernest Pontifexs： Overton Theobald and Christina Towneley and Alethea The book was influential at the beginning of the anti-Victorian reaction and helped turn the tide against excessive parental dominance and religious rigidity. ;His Assessment;thank you