![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Napoleon of Notting Hill - G. K. Chesterton
LibriVox recording of "The Napoleon of Notting Hill" by G. K. Chesterton, read by Ray Clare. While the novel is humorous (one instance has the King sitting on top of an omnibus and speaking to it as to a horse: "Forward, my beauty, my Arab," he said, patting the omnibus encouragingly, "fleetest of all thy bounding tribe"), it is also an adventure story: Chesterton is not afraid to let blood be drawn in his battles, fought with sword and halberd in the London streets, and Wayne thinks up a few in...
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| Alarms and Discursions - G. K. Chesterton
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy, and detective fiction. Chesterton has been called the "prince of paradox." He wrote in an off-hand, whimsical prose studded with startling formulations. Chesterton wrote about 4000 essays on various subjects, and "Ararms and Discursions is one of his collections...
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| Charles Dickens - G. K. Chesterton
LibriVox recording of "Charles Dickens" by G. K. Chesterton, read by LibriVox volunteers. G. K. Chesterton was a great admirer of Charles Dickens, and wrote a noted critique of Dickens' works expressing his opinion in his own inimitable style. (Summary by Karen Merline) For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org
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| The Defendant - G. K. Chesterton
LibriVox recording of "The Defendant" by G. K. Chesterton, read by Ray Clare. A collection of reprinted articles on a wide-range of subject, all in the unique style of G. K. Chesterton. Using wit, paradox, and good humor he “defends” a series of seeming harmless things that need no defense, and in so doing he exposes many of the broken assumptions and dogmatic notions of secular humanism and other trends of his age and of ours...
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| Eugenics and Other Evils - G. K. Chesterton
LibriVox recording of Eugenics and Other Evils by G. K. Chesterton, read by Ray Clare. Most Eugenists are Euphemists. I mean merely that short words startle them, while long words soothe them. And they are utterly incapable of translating the one into the other, however obviously they mean the same thing. Say to them "The persuasive and even coercive powers of the citizen should enable him to make sure that the burden of longevity in the previous generation does not become disproportionate and i...
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| George Bernard Shaw - G. K. Chesterton
LibriVox recording of George Bernard Shaw by G. K. Chesterton, read by Ray Clare. Chesterton and Shaw were famous friends and enjoyed their arguments and discussions. Although rarely in agreement, they both maintained good-will towards and respect for each other. However, in his writing, Chesterton expressed himself very plainly on where they differed and why. In Heretics he writes of Shaw: “After belabouring a great many people for a great many years for being unprogressive, Mr...
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| Labyrinth Library 09: The Man Who was Thursday - Chris Gladis
A review of "The Man Who was Thursday" by G.K. Chesterton
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| Manalive - G. K. Chesterton
LibriVox recording of Manalive by G. K. Chesterton, read by Ray Clare. The flying blast struck London just where it scales the northern heights, terrace above terrace, as precipitous as Edinburgh. It was round about this place that some poet, probably drunk, looked up astonished at all those streets gone skywards, and (thinking vaguely of glaciers and roped mountaineers) gave it the name of Swiss Cottage, which it has never been able to shake off...
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| Miscellaneous Essays - G. K. Chesterton
LibriVox recording of miscellaneous essays by G. K. Chesterton, read for LibriVox by students of G. K. Cleveland These nine files are miscellaneous short essays or stories from G.K. Chesterton. They were chosen for not only their brevity but also for being shining exemplars of Chesterton's wit and whimsy. A fun but powerful introduction into the mind of the man that is G.K. Chesterton. (Written by G...
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| Robert Browning - G. K. Chesterton, 1874-1936
LibriVox recording of "Robert Browning" by G. K. Chesterton, read by Ray Clare. There is an old anecdote, probably apocryphal, which describes how a feminine admirer wrote to Browning asking him for the meaning of one of his darker poems, and received the following reply: "When that poem was written, two people knew what it meant--God and Robert Browning. And now God only knows what it means. (Summary by Gilbert Keith Chesterton) For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit L...
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| A Short History of England - G. K. Chesterton
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was a prolific writer on many topics. His views of history were always from the standpoint of men and their interactions, and it may fairly be said he saw all of history as a battle between civilization and barbarism. So it has always been, and that remains true even today."But it is especially in the matter of the Middle Ages that the popular histories trample upon the popular traditions...
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| The Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens - G. K. Chesterton
LibriVox recording of The Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens by G. K. Chesterton, read by Ray Clare. “These papers were originally published as prefaces to the separate books of Dickens in one of the most extensive of those cheap libraries of the classics which are one of the real improvements of recent times. Thus they were harmless, being diluted by, or rather drowned in Dickens...
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| Heretics - G. K. Chesterton
LibriVox recording of "Heretics" by G. K. Chesterton, read by Ray Clare. The Author Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London, England on the 29th of May, 1874. Though he considered himself a mere "rollicking journalist," he was actually a prolific and gifted writer in virtually every area of literature. A man of strong opinions and enormously talented at defending them, his exuberant personality nevertheless allowed him to maintain warm friendships with people--such as George Bernard Shaw and...
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| Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 013 - Various
Librivox recording of LIbriVox Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 013 by Various Authors. Read by LibriVox Volunteers. A collection of sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history, politics, medicine, nature and religion. (summary by J. M. Smallheer) For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org.
Keywords: librivox; audiobooks; nonfiction; essays; speeches; articles; legislation; history; naval ships; ghosts; humor; religion; prayers; travel; nature; zoology; recipes; prohibition; drama; writing; G. K. Chesterton; Frank Swinnerton; Thomas Jefferson; William Dean Howells; Susan Andrews Rice; Vilma Goodman; Stephen Austin; Dorothy Scarborough; Gelett Burgess; U. S. House of Representatives; Acts of Parliament; Robert Louis Stevenson; Mayne Reid; vegetarian cookery
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