One character in this work breaks off his engagement when his fiancÃ©e demands some of his land in exchange for her hand in marriage.  
In this work, two characters befriend each other when they sit on the same bench and notice that they have both written their names inside their hats.  One character in this work breaks off his engagement when his fiancÃ©e demands some of his land in exchange for her hand in marriage.  A discussion of miracles leads one character to argue with Abbe Jeufroy, and another character contracts a venereal disease from the servant Melie.  At one point, the central household attempts to adopt and educate the children Victor and Victorine but end up sending them away.  Near the beginning of this work, the protagonists decide to buy a farm and move to the country after one of the title characters inherits a large sum from his supposed uncle.  FTP, name this incomplete novel following the titular pair of copying clerks, a work of Gustave Flaubert.
In this work, two characters befriend each other when they sit on the same bench and notice that they have both written their names inside their hats.  
Bouvard and Pecuchet or Bouvard et Pecuchet