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The Napoleon of Notting Hill
The Napoleon of Notting Hill
Author: G. K. Chesterton
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 alternate reality of Chesterton's own period, with no advances in technology or changes in the class system or attitudes. It postulates an impersonal governmen...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781785161704
ISBN-10: 1785161709
Publication Date: 1/27/2015
Pages: 136
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Publisher: Aeterna Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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This book if more profound than "Gulliver" and "Animal Farm" and as controversal as "Godot." Having survived all the twaddle in this narrative, an academic might surely invent a host of underlying metaphors to justify publication of this book. For a more modern comparison, look to some of the more obscure parodies of "Monty Python." Certainly not for the casual reader.
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