The Napoleon of Notting Hill (Annotated)

by G. K. Chesterton

Overview

In Edwardian era London, Gabriel Syme is recruited at Scotland Yard to a secret anti-anarchist police corps. Lucian Gregory, an anarchistic poet, lives in the suburb of Saffron Park. Syme meets him at a party and they debate the meaning of poetry. Gregory argues that revolt is the basis of poetry. Syme demurs, insisting that the essence of poetry is not revolution, but rather law. He antagonizes Gregory by asserting that the most poetical of human creations is the timetable for the London Underground. The book is sometimes referred to as a metaphysical thriller.

A short biography about the life and times of G.K. Chesterton is also included.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013311589
Publisher:	Golgotha Press
Publication date:	10/15/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	184 KB

About the Author

British writer GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON (1874-1936) expounded prolifically about his wide-ranging philosophies. A man of strong opinions, with a humorous style that earned him the title of the "prince of paradox," he is impossible to categorize as "liberal" or "conservative": he was a literary critic, historian, playwright, novelist, columnist, and poet. His thousands of essays and 80 books remain among the most beloved in the English language.