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HailedbyGeorgeBernardShawas"oneofthesummitsofhumanachievement,"Butler'sautobiographicalaccountofaharshupbringingandtroubledadulthoodsatirizesVictorianhypocrisyinitschronicleofthelifeandlovesofErnestPontifex.Alongtheway,itoffersapowerfulindictmentof19th-centuryEngland'smajorinstitutions.