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    02/06/2024
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    Superstition of Divorce

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    Chapter: 9 | Listen: 5

    This short book was written in 1920, and in it Chesterton, with his usual wit and incisive logic, presents a series of articles defending marriage and indicating the weaknesses in divorce. He did this 16 years before the first Christian denomination in the world allowed its members to divorce. Till then Christendom was unanimous in standing against it. Chesterton saw clearly the trends of this time, and delivered this defense. (Summary by Ray Clare)     [chương_files]  

    01/06/2024
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    Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens

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    Chapter: 32 | Listen: 6

    “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. My scrap of theory was a mere dry biscuit to be taken with the grand tawny port of great English comedy; and by most people it was not taken at all–like the biscuit. Nevertheless the essays were not in intention so aimless as they appear in fact. I had a general notion of what needed saying about Dickens to the new generation, though probably I did not say it. I will make another attempt to do so in this prologue, and, possibly fail again.” (Summary by G. K. Chesterton)     [chương_files]  

    01/06/2024
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    Miscellany of Men

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    Chapter: 13 | Listen: 2

    Gilbert Keith Chesterton was among the world’s most prolific writers who incorporated relentless logic, wonderful humor, and a clear view of truth into an amazing tool for exposing the foolishness of the policies of the world around him through the device of paradox. It is always great fun, and certainly always a learning experience to read Chesterton. A Miscellany of Men may be his hardest work to define, as it deals with a huge array of issues, using “personal types” as illustration. It would only be bewildering, if there was not these common threads: First that these types still exist, and the same faulty reasoning applies to issues of our day, and second, that underlying all of this is a firm and reasoned defense of democracy in a sense very close to that of the American Founding Fathers. (Summary by Ray Clare)     [chương_files]  

    01/06/2024
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    Defendant

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    Chapter: 18 | Listen: 5

    A collection of reprinted articles on a wide-range of subjects, 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. (Summary by Ray Clare)     [chương_files]  

    31/05/2024
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    Miscellaneous Essays of G. K. Chesterton

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    Chapter: 9 | Listen: 1

    These eleven 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. (Summary by GK Cleveland)     [chương_files]  

    31/05/2024
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    Alarms and Discursions

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    Chapter: 13 | Listen: 4

    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 “Alarms and Discursions is one of his collections. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Karen Merline.)     [chương_files]  

    20/05/2024
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    Man Who Was Thursday, A Nightmare (Version 3, Dramatic Reading)

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    Chapter: 16 | Listen: 3

    This is undoubtedly the best of Chesterton’s novels, a thriller which follows Gabriel Syme as he tries to find a way to bring the Supreme Anarchist Council to justice. Cast List: Narrator: Lynette Caulkins Lucian Gregory: Larry Wilson Gabriel Syme: Matthew Soanes The Secretary: Adrian Stephens Gogol: Cavaet The Marquis: Wayne Cooke Professor De Worms: Algy Pug Dr. Bull: Mozartjr Sunday and Gentleman 1: Dale Grothmann Rosamund Gregory: Devorah Allen Waiter and Zoo-Keeper: Marie Christian Mr. Buttons: TJ Burns Old Anarchist and Valet: Greg Giordano Mr. Witherspoon and Policeman: D.L. Brown American Anarchist and Man 2: David Purdy Anarchist 1 and Man 1:Scott Clarence Anarchist 2, Waiter, and Colonel Ducroix: ToddHW Labourer and Official: Bill Mosley Gentleman 2 and Stranger: Kerry Adams Dr. Renard: Scott Caulkins Populace: Yuqing, llamaart, Chuck Williamson, KHand – Summary by Mozartjr     [chương_files]