The Uses of Diversity


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A collection of 35 essays by G.K. Chesterton originally published in his weekly columns in "The Illustrated London News" and the "New Witness". The subjects vary greatly from lamp posts to Jane Austen's Emma, from "On Pigs as Pets" to Mormonism and Christian Science. (Summary by Maria Therese) (5 hr 37 min)

Chapters

On Seriousness 12:00 Read by thestorygirl
On Lamp-Posts 8:42 Read by Elsie Selwyn
The Spirits 8:39 Read by Larry Wilson
Tennyson 8:35 Read by CoffeeLover17
The Domesticity of Detectives 8:53 Read by CoffeeLover17
George Meredith 6:38 Read by CoffeeLover17
The Irishman 8:41 Read by Elissa Graeser
Ireland and the Domestic Drama 8:59 Read by Elissa Graeser
The Japanese 9:23 Read by Larry Wilson
Christian Science 7:45 Read by Devorah Allen
The Lawlessness of Lawyers 10:10 Read by Brian James
Our Latin Relations 10:01 Read by Maria de Fátima da Silva
On Pigs as Pets 7:54 Read by Elsie Selwyn
The Romance of Rostand 7:50 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Wishes 9:45 Read by jenno
The Futurists 9:16 Read by Larry Wilson
The Evolution of Emma 12:43 Read by jenno
The Pseudo-Scientific Books 9:15 Read by Larry Wilson
The Humour of King Herod 8:39 Read by Maria de Fátima da Silva
The Silver Goblets 9:33 Read by jenno
The Duty of the Historian 12:14 Read by thestorygirl
Questions of Divorce 16:11 Read by Farrah
Mormonism 9:17 Read by Larry Wilson
Pageants and Dress 10:18 Read by Kathleen Moore
On Stage Costume 10:07 Read by Kathleen Moore
The Yule Log and the Democrat 12:16 Read by Kathleen Moore
More Thoughts on Christmas 8:49 Read by Larry Wilson
Dickens Again 7:50 Read by Larry Wilson
Taffy 8:51 Read by Devorah Allen
''Ego et Shavius Meus'' 6:15 Read by Elsie Selwyn
The Plan for a New Universe 11:32 Read by Larry Wilson
George Wyndham 12:27 Read by Lucretia B.
Four Stupidities 8:23 Read by Greg Giordano
On Historial Novels 8:31 Read by Greg Giordano
On Monsters 11:34 Read by TriciaG