Name: The Napoleon of Notting Hill
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Author: Gilbert Chesterton
ISBN: 9781604449600

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Physical Book

Author

Gilbert Chesterton

Publisher

Indoeuropeanpublishing.Com

Language

English

Pages

160

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781604449600

The Napoleon of Notting Hill

Gilbert Chesterton (Author) · Indoeuropeanpublishing.Com · Paperback

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Synopsis "The Napoleon of Notting Hill "

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.The dreary succession of randomly selected Kings of England is broken up when Auberon Quin, who cares for nothing but a good joke, is chosen. To amuse himself, he institutes elaborate costumes for the provosts of the districts of London. All are bored by the King's antics except for one earnest young man who takes the cry for regional pride seriously - Adam Wayne, the eponymous Napoleon of Notting Hill.Michael Collins, who led the fight for Irish independence from British Rule, is known to have admired the book. There has been speculation that the setting of the book prompted the date chosen for the setting of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. The novel is also quoted at the start of Neil Gaiman's novel Neverwhere.Both the novel and Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday are referenced in the 2000 video game Deus Ex.

Gilbert Chesterton

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G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) fue un prolífico escritor, periodista y pensador británico, conocido por su ingenio, paradojas y defensa de la fe cristiana, especialmente tras convertirse al catolicismo en 1922; fue un maestro en géneros como el ensayo, la poesía y la novela, creando al famoso detective Padre Brown, y dejando una vasta obra que incluía crítica, biografía y reflexiones filosóficas, convirtiéndose en una figura influyente de la literatura anglosajona

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