CliffsNotes on Butler's The Way of All Flesh

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Ernest Pontifex, protagonist in The Way of All Flesh, battles his father's iron will in a personal struggle to fully realize the potential of the self. While taking the position of an intellectual gadfly determined to attack the shams of society, Pontifex also assumes the de facto role of spokesman for the author's unique anti-Victorian beliefs.

subjects: Literary Criticism,  Nonfiction,  British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author),  England, fiction,  Butler, samuel, 1835-1902