The Man who was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton

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LibriVox recording of The Man who was Thursday, a Nightmare, by G.K. Chesterton. Read by Zachary Brewster-Geisz.

In a surreal turn-of-the-century London, Gabriel Syme, a poet, is recruited to a secret anti-anarchist taskforce at Scotland Yard. Lucian Gregory, an anarchist poet, is the only poet in Saffron Park, until he loses his temper in an argument over the purpose of poetry with Gabriel Syme, who takes the opposite view. After some time, the frustrated Gregory finds Syme and leads him to a local anarchist meeting-place to prove that he is a true anarchist. Instead of the anarchist Gregory getting elected, the officer Syme uses his wits and is elected as the local representative to the worldwide Central Council of Anarchists. The Council consisting of seven men, each using the name of a day of the week as a code name; Syme is given the name of Thursday... (Summary from Wikipedia)

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This audio is part of the collection: The LibriVox Free Audiobook Collection It also belongs to collections: Audio Books & Poetry; Community Audio
Artist/Composer: G.K. Chesterton
Date: 2007-06-26
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobooks; chesterton
Creative Commons license: Public Domain

00 - Dedication  4:14
01 - The Two Poets of Saffron Park   22:58
02 - The Secret of Gabriel Syme      17:45
03 - The Man Who Was Thursday        24:00
04 - The Tale of a Detective         21:52
05 - The Feast of Fear               20:31
06 - The Exposure                    18:55
07 - The Unaccountable Conduct
       of Professor de Worms         19:32
08 - The Professor Explains          27:18
09 - The Man in Spectacles           34:02
10 - The Duel                        34:24
11 - The Criminals Chase the Police  18:31
12 - The Earth in Anarchy            31:00
13 - The Pursuit of the President    21:41
14 - The Six Philosophers            24:21
15 - The Accuser                     19:29