How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"I feel too good for England: I ought to have lived in Genesis by rights, like the other men of sacrifice, and then I shouldn't have b-b-been called a d-d-drunkard in such a way!" (42.54)
When he tries to defend himself, Joseph Poorgrass says that the only reason he's drunk is because he lives a crummy life in England that isn't good enough for him. If he'd been lucky enough to live in the Garden of Eden, he wouldn't have any cause to drink. But with life the way it is, he wants to escape from it all every now and then.