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The Napoleon of Notting Hill

Autor G. K. Chesterton
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 noi 2020
THE NAPOLEON OF NOTTING HILL IS A NOVEL WRITTEN BY G. K. CHESTERTON IN 1904, SET IN A NEARLY UNCHANGED LONDON IN 1984.ALTHOUGH THE NOVEL IS SET IN THE FUTURE, IT IS, IN EFFECT, SET IN AN ALTERNATIVE REALITY OF CHESTERTON'S OWN PERIOD, WITH NO ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY OR CHANGES IN THE CLASS SYSTEM OR ATTITUDES. IT POSTULATES AN IMPERSONAL GOVERNMENT, NOT DESCRIBED IN ANY DETAIL, BUT APPARENTLY CONTENT TO OPERATE THROUGH A FIGUREHEAD KING, RANDOMLY CHOSEN.


About the AuthorGilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 - 14 June 1936) better known as G. K. Chesterton, was an English writer, lay theologian, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, literary and art critic, biographer, and Christian apologist.
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ISBN-13: 9782382741672
ISBN-10: 2382741678
Pagini: 128
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 x 7 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: Les prairies numériques

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Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936), better known as G. K. Chesterton, was an English writer, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, lay theologian, biographer and literary and art critic. Chesterton is often referred to as the "prince of paradox." Time magazine has observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories-first carefully turning them inside out."

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The Napoleon of Notting Hill is G. K. Chesterton's first novel. Published in 1904, it is set at the end of the twentieth century. London is still a city of gas lamps and horse-drawn vehicles, but democratic government has withered away, and a representative ordinary citizen is simply chosen from a list to be king. Auberon Quin, a government clerk, something of an aesthete and even more of a joker, becomes king. Purely for his own entertainment he transforms the boroughs of London into medieval city states, with heraldic coats of arms and colourfully uniformed guards, governed by provosts in splendid robes. Then he encounters Adam Wayne, the dedicated young Provost of Notting Hill, who takes Quin's ideas more seriously than the king himself. When the other boroughs try to force a new road through Notting Hill, Wayne, convinced that small is beautiful, fights to defend his territory. Chesterton enacts arguments about the nature of human loyalties that are still current, glorifying the little man, while attacking big business and the monolithic state.

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A comical futurist fantasy, first published in 1904, about a tradition-loving suburban London community of the 1980's at war with its modernizing neighbors. 7 illustrations by W. Graham Robertson. New Introduction by Martin Gardner.