The Napoleon of Notting Hill

by G. K. Chesterton

Overview

In THE NAPOLEON OF NOTTING HILL, Chesterton examines the question "What if the Crown of England devolved upon a common man?" He selects Auberon Quin, and a more common individual it is difficult to imagine. That is, to all appearances...except that deep within Quin burns a desire for the exceptional, a love of individuality, and a deep and abiding humorous tolerance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781802065862
Publisher:	Penguin UK
Publication date:	07/04/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was an artist, philosopher, columnist, arts critic and prolific writer. A very large man of 6'4" and 21 stone, Chesterton also had a 'colossal genius' according to his friend George Bernard Shaw - and his work, particularly The Man Who Was Thursday and the Father Brown stories, has had an astounding impact on English fiction. Chesterton died of heart failure in his home in 1936, and was given a Requiem Mass in Westminster Cathedral.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword ix
Introduction: Dystopias Are Problems Plus Time xv
Madeline Ashby

Book I
I Introductory Remarks on the Art of Prophecy 3
II The Man in Green 9
III The Hill of Humor 31

Book II
I The Charter of the Cities 43
II The Council of the Provosts 55
III Enter a Lunatic 69

Book III
I The Mental Condition of Adam Wayne 87
II The Remarkable Mr. Turnbull 103
III The Experiment of Mr. Buck 115

Book IV
I The Battle of the Lamps 135
II The Correspondent of the "Court Journal" 151
III The Great Army of South Kensington 163

Book V
I The Empire of Notting Hill 189
II The Last Battle 205
III Two Voices 215

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“Whimsically expressed criticism… with a suspicion of gallimaufry and hints of the cap-and-bells here and there.”
—New York Times (1904)

“As irresponsibly ludicrous as a modern burlesque, as quaintly serious, at last, as a medieval morality.”
—The Bookman (May 1904)

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"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

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