Length6h 14m
About this audiobook
A collection of press articles written by Chesterton and published as a book in 1908. His invectives about the press are still as applicable today as they were over one century ago. This book is filled with Chestertonian wit and paradoxes. Among its many quotable quotes. (Goodreads)
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length6 hrs 14 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 11, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1THE CASE FOR THE EPHEMERAL
14ON POLITICAL SECRECY
2COCKNEYS AND THEIR JOKES
15THOUGHTS AROUND KOEPENICK
3THE FALLACY OF SUCCESS
16THE BOY
4ON RUNNING AFTER ONE'S HAT
17ON THE CRYPTIC AND THE ELLIPTIC
5THE VOTE AND THE HOUSE
18THE WORSHIP OF THE WEALTHY
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6CONCEIT AND CARICATURE
19THE METHUSELAHITE
7PATRIOTISM AND SPORT.
20THE ERROR OF IMPARTIALITY
8AN ESSAY ON TWO CITIES.
21FAIRY TALES
9FRENCH AND ENGLISH
22TOM JONES AND MORALITY
10THE ZOLA CONTROVERSY
23THE MAID OF ORLEANS
11OXFORD FROM WITHOUT
24A DEAD POET
12WOMAN
25CHRISTMAS
13THE MODERN MARTYR
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