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A Collection of 31 essays from G.K. Chesterton.

“I have strung these things together on a slight enough thread; but as the things themselves are slight, it is possible that the thread (and the metaphor) may manage to hang together. These notes range over very variegated topics and in many cases were made at very different times. They concern all sorts of things from lady barristers to cave-men, and from psycho-analysis to free verse. Yet they have this amount of unity in their wandering, that they all imply that it is only a more traditional spirit that is truly able to wander.” (From the Introduction) (7 hr 33 min)

Chapters

Introduction

7:32

Read by Larry Wilson

The Romance of Rhyme

39:23

Read by realisticspeakers

Hamlet and the Psycho-Analyst

32:07

Read by John

The Meaning of Mock Turkey

21:20

Read by Linda Johnson

Shakespeare and the Legal Lady

15:55

Read by Campbell Schelp

On Being an Old Bean

10:46

Read by Linda Johnson

The Fear of the Film

10:52

Read by Tomas Peter

Wings and the Housemaid

10:43

Read by Phil Chenevert

The Slavery of Free Verse

12:28

Read by thestorygirl

Prohibition and the Press

10:32

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

The Mercy of Mr. Arnold Bennett

13:22

Read by MLC13

A Defense of Dramatic Unities

10:47

Read by MLC13

The Boredom of Butterflies

9:40

Read by Larry Wilson

The Terror of a Toy

8:43

Read by Justin S Barrett

False Theory and the Theatre

11:24

Read by tommack

The Secret Society of Mankind

12:59

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

The Sentimentalism of Divorce

11:00

Read by Linda Johnson

Street Cars and Stretching the Law

13:00

Read by thestorygirl

Why Reformers Go Wrong

11:40

Read by Greg Giordano

The Innocence of the Criminal

12:30

Read by tommack

The Prudery of the Feminists

9:54

Read by Brian James

How Mad Laws are Made

10:59

Read by April6090

The Pagoda of Progress

11:11

Read by thestorygirl

The Myth of the 'Mayflower'

11:36

Read by Kathleen Moore

Much Too Modern History

9:55

Read by Kathleen Moore

The Evolution of Slaves

13:32

Read by Kathleen Moore

Is Darwin Dead?

13:59

Read by Kathleen Moore

Turning Inside Out

22:58

Read by Linda Johnson

Strikes and the Spirit of Wonder

11:02

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

A Note on Old Nonsense

11:41

Read by April6090

Milton and Merry England

40:16

Read by Linda Johnson