LibriVox recording of "The Napoleon of Notting Hill" by G. K. Chesterton, read by Ray Clare.
While the novel is humorous (one instance has the King
sitting on top of an omnibus and speaking to it as to a
horse: "Forward, my beauty, my Arab," he said, patting the
omnibus encouragingly, "fleetest of all thy bounding
tribe"), it is also an adventure story: Chesterton is not
afraid to let blood be drawn in his battles, fought with
sword and halberd in the London streets, and Wayne thinks up
a few ingenious strategies; and, finally, the novel is
philosophical, considering the value of one man's actions
and the virtue of respect for one's enemies. (Summary from
Wikipedia)
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Artist/Composer: G. K. Chesterton
Date: 2008-07-14
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: LibriVox; audio books; G. K. Chesterton; novel
Creative Commons license: Public Domain
00 - Dedication 2:41 01 - Book 1 Chapter 1 Introductory Remarks on the Art of Prophecy 11:56 02 - Book 1 Chapter 2 The Man in Green 36:33 03 - Book 1 Chapter 3 The Hill of Humor 15:52 04 - Book 2 Chapter 1 The Charter of the Cities 20:42 05 - Book 2 Chapter 2 The Council of the Provosts 23:37 06 - Book 2 Chapter 3 Enter a Lunatic 24:36 07 - Book 3 Chapter 1 The Mental Condition of Adam Wayne 28:22 08 - Book 3 Chapter 2 The Remarkable Mr. Turnbull 20:21 09 - Book 3 Chapter 3 The Experiment of Mr. Buck 28:36 10 - Book 4 Chapter 1 The Battle of the Lamp 24:42 11 - Book 4 Chapter 2 The Correspondent of the 19:03 12 - Book 4 Chapter 3 The Great Army of South Kensington 41:04 13 - Book 5 Chapter 1 The Empire of Notting Hill 26:55 14 - Book 5 Chapter 2 The Last Battle 16:12 15 - Book 5 Chapter 3 Two Voices 15:35