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Cambridge Pieces

by Samuel Butler

EN·~1 hours·15 chapters

Chapters

15 total

Transcribed from the 1914 A. C. Fifield edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org

0:51

On English Composition and Other Matters

8:55

Our Tour

39:19

Translation from an Unpublished Work of Herodotus

3:52

The Shield of Achilles, with Variations

3:11

Prospectus of the Great Split Society

7:10

Powers

12:11

A Skit on Examinations

4:44

An Eminent Person

1:08

Napoleon at St. Helena

2:21

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Duration

~1 hours (97K characters)

Release date

2002-06-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3278

Subjects

English essays Short stories, English PR

About the author

Samuel Butler

1835–1902

Best known for the satirical novel Erewhon and the posthumously published The Way of All Flesh, this sharp-minded Victorian writer loved challenging accepted ideas. His work ranges from fiction and essays to lively arguments about religion, evolution, and society.

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