This book is ancient Greek epic poem attributed to Homer, and is among the oldest extant works of Western literature. It is set during the Trojan War, specifically the ten-year siege of the city of Tr
Hailed by George Bernard Shaw as "one of the summits of human achievement," Butler's autobiographical account of a harsh upbringing and troubled adulthood satirizes Victorian hypocrisy in it
The Way of All Flesh (1903) is a semi-autobiographical novel by Samuel Butler that attacks Victorian-era hypocrisy. Written between 1873 and 1884, it traces four generations of the Pontifex family. Bu
