The Napoleon of Notting Hill : & the man who was Thursday
The Napoleon of Notting Hill" is a novel by G.K. Chesterton in 1904, set in a nearly unchanged London in 1984. Although the novel is set in the future, it is, in effect, set in an alternative reality of Chesterton's own period, with no advances in technology or changes in the class system or attitud...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Peabody, MA :
Hendrickson Publishers,
2011.
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| Series: | Man who was Thursday |
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| Summary: | The Napoleon of Notting Hill" is a novel by G.K. Chesterton in 1904, set in a nearly unchanged London in 1984. Although the novel is set in the future, it is, in effect, set in an alternative reality of Chesterton's own period, with no advances in technology or changes in the class system or attitudes. It postulates an impersonal government, not described in any detail, but apparently content to operate through a figurehead king, randomly chosen. |
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| Physical Description: | 375 pages |
| ISBN: | 9781598566666 1598566660 |
| Author Notes: | Chesterton wrote a great deal of poetry, as well as works of social and literary criticism. Among his most notable books are The Man Who Was Thursday, a metaphysical thriller, and The Everlasting Man, a history of humankind's spiritual progress. After Chesterton converted to Catholicism in 1922, he wrote mainly on religious topics. Chesterton is most known for creating the famous priest-detective character Father Brown, who first appeared in "The Innocence of Father Brown." Chesterton died in 1936 at the age of 62. (Bowker Author Biography) |
