For 10 points, name this novel narrated by Edward Overton which spans several generations of the Pontifex family, a work of Samuel Butler.
The narrator of this novel at one point mocks a series of pretentious diary entries written by the protagonist's grandfather during a trip across Europe, and one character in this work resolves to read Milton's pamphlet on divorce after having been married just that morning, when his bride disobeys him because she is too nervous to order dinner. The protagonist of this novel briefly joins the Simeonites and is scammed by the curate Pryer whom he entrusts with his fortune to develop the College of Spiritual Pathology. He is imprisoned for attacking a maid, after which he decides to marry Ellen but discovers that she is already married. After receiving a secret inheritance from his aunt Alethea on his twenty-eighth birthday, the protagonist returns to Battersby and eventually becomes a writer. For 10 points, name this novel narrated by Edward Overton which spans several generations of the Pontifex family, a work of Samuel Butler.
The narrator of this novel at one point mocks a series of pretentious diary entries written by the protagonist's grandfather during a trip across Europe, and one character in this work resolves to read Milton's pamphlet on divorce after having been married just that morning, when his bride disobeys him because she is too nervous to order dinner.
The {Way of All Flesh}