Napoleon of Notting Hill

Napoleon of Notting Hill

by G. K. Chesterton

Narrated by LibriVox Community

 — 5 hours, 56 minutes

Napoleon of Notting Hill

Napoleon of Notting Hill

by G. K. Chesterton

Narrated by LibriVox Community

 — 5 hours, 56 minutes

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Overview

While the novel is humorous (one instance has the King sitting on top of an omnibus and speaking to it as to a horse: "Forward, my beauty, my Arab," he said, patting the omnibus encouragingly, "fleetest of all thy bounding tribe"), it is also an adventure story: Chesterton is not afraid to let blood be drawn in his battles, fought with sword and halberd in the London streets, and Wayne thinks up a few ingenious strategies; and, finally, the novel is philosophical, considering the value of one man's actions and the virtue of respect for one's enemies. (Summary from Wikipedia)


Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"Unquestionably a satirical masterpiece."
—Los Angeles Review of Books

“A strange social satire. . . . [and] a fascinating study of arrogance and folly, of progress and tradition and, oddly, of human nature itself.”
Fortean Times

Product Details

BN ID: 2940170366712
Publisher: LibriVox
Publication date: 08/25/2014
Sales rank: 1,133,944
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