Charlie Chaplin's Autobiography

I'm only about 1/6 of the way through, but the whole thing so far is very well-written. Here's an example, from when Chaplin and his mother and brother lived with a rich lady/husband (and their disagreeable daughter) for one summer:

One afternoon, while on the top floor watching Mr. Taylor at work, I heard an altercation below between Mother and Miss Taylor. ...
As I reached our landing, Mother was leaning over the banisters: "Who do you think you are? Lady Shit?"
"Oh!" shouted the daughter, "That's nice language coming from a Christian!"
"Don't worry," said Mother quickly, "It's in the Bible... Deuteronomy, 28th chapter, 37th verse, only there's another word for it. However, 'shit' will suit you."
After that, we moved back to Pownall Terrace.

p.s. I looked up that particular Deuteronomy verse:
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.