About This Book
An episodic family chronicle follows the domestic consequences of a clergyman's recurrent crises of faith as his shifting religious allegiances reshape household life across successive historical periods. Through vivid portraits of his wife and six children—each bearing names that reflect past convictions—the narrative moves from Victorian propriety through fin-de-siècle and Edwardian changes to later decline, blending satiric comedy with social observation. Episodes center on relocations, financial adjustments, and clashing temperaments, and the book traces how public movements, moral fashions, and private ambitions alter identities and relationships over generations.