The Man Who Was Thursday
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Book Description
G. K. Chesterton's classic novella tackles anarchy, social order, God, peace, war, religion, human nature, and a few dozen other weighty concepts. And somehow he manages to blend all of it together into a delightful satire, full of tongue-in-cheek commentary that is still relevant today. As the book opens, Gabriel Symes is debating with a soapbox anarchist. The two men impress each other enough th... More
Book Information
Publisher | Waking Lion Press |
Binding | Paperback (71 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 182 |
ISBN-10 | 1600964265 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1600964268 |
Publication Date | 08/03/2006 |
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5/13/2009 Deirdre Johnson said:
tags: I recommend
I fell in love with Gabriel Syme when I was twelve years old, and I have loved him ever since -- as well as his adversary, Gregory. I imagine that if anyone were to marry either one of these characters, it would be, as Harriet Vane famously said to Lord Peter Whimsy, "for the pleasure of hearing ..... more
tags: I recommend
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