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What's Wrong with the World

By G. K. Chesterton
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In the aptly titled treatise What's Wrong With the World, one of the twentieth century's most memorable and prolific writers takes on education, government, big business, feminism, and a host of other topics. A steadfast champion of the working man, family, and faith, Chesterton eloquently opposed materialism, snobbery, hypocrisy, and any adversary of freedom and simplicity in modern society. (Goodreads)

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GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length6 hrs 15 mins
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Publish dateJan 11, 2019
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Table of contents

1WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE WORLD
2PART ONE. THE HOMELESSNESS OF MAN
3I. THE MEDICAL MISTAKE
4II. WANTED, AN UNPRACTICAL MAN
5III. THE NEW HYPOCRITE
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6IV. THE FEAR OF THE PAST
7V. THE UNFINISHED TEMPLE
8VI. THE ENEMIES OF PROPERTY
9VII. THE FREE FAMILY
10VIII. THE WILDNESS OF DOMESTICITY
11IX. HISTORY OF HUDGE AND GUDGE
12X. OPPRESSION BY OPTIMISM
13XI. THE HOMELESSNESS OF JONES
14PART TWO. IMPERIALISM, OR THE MISTAKE ABOUT MAN
15I. THE CHARM OF JINGOISM
16II. WISDOM AND THE WEATHER
17III. THE COMMON VISION
18IV. THE INSANE NECESSITY
19PART THREE. FEMINISM, OR THE MISTAKE ABOUT WOMAN
20I. THE UNMILITARY SUFFRAGETTE
21II. THE UNIVERSAL STICK
22III. THE EMANCIPATION OF DOMESTICITY
23IV. THE ROMANCE OF THRIFT
24V. THE COLDNESS OF CHLOE
25VI. THE PEDANT AND THE SAVAGE
26VII. THE MODERN SURRENDER OF WOMAN
27VIII. THE BRAND OF THE FLEUR-DE-LIS
28IX. SINCERITY AND THE GALLOWS
29X. THE HIGHER ANARCHY
30XI. THE QUEEN AND THE SUFFRAGETTES
31XII. THE MODERN SLAVE
32PART FOUR. EDUCATION: OR THE MISTAKE ABOUT THE CHILD
33I. THE CALVINISM OF TO-DAY
34II. THE TRIBAL TERROR
35III. THE TRICKS OF ENVIRONMENT
36IV. THE TRUTH ABOUT EDUCATION
37V. AN EVIL CRY
38VI. AUTHORITY THE UNAVOIDABLE
39VII. THE HUMILITY OF MRS. GRUNDY
40VIII. THE BROKEN RAINBOW
41IX. THE NEED FOR NARROWNESS
42X. THE CASE FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
43XI. THE SCHOOL FOR HYPOCRITES
44XII. THE STALENESS OF THE NEW SCHOOLS
45XIII. THE OUTLAWED PARENT
46XIV. FOLLY AND FEMALE EDUCATION
47PART FIVE. THE HOME OF MAN
48I. THE EMPIRE OF THE INSECT
49II. THE FALLACY OF THE UMBRELLA STAND
50III. THE DREADFUL DUTY OF GUDGE

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