At the end of this novel the protagonist has a dream of his dead brother Ben, while sleeping in the Dixieland boarding house that his mother Eliza runs in the town of Altamont, based on the author's hometown of Asheville.
In one episode from this novel, the central family's patriarch makes a giant stone angel for a prostitute's grave. As a baby one character has his face stomped on by a horse driving a carriage, and he is annoyed when his mother constantly refers to one locale as "America's Switzerland." After receiving an education from Margaret Leonard, the protagonist enrolls in the state university at Pulpit Hill. At the end of this novel the protagonist has a dream of his dead brother Ben, while sleeping in the Dixieland boarding house that his mother Eliza runs in the town of Altamont, based on the author's hometown of Asheville. For 10 points, name this novel ending when Eugene Gant prepares to leave for Harvard, by Thomas Wolfe.
In one episode from this novel, the central family's patriarch makes a giant stone angel for a prostitute's grave.
Look Homeward, Angel