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LibriVox recording of What's Wrong With the World, by GK Chesterton.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936) has been called the "prince of paradox". Time magazine observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out." His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy and detective fiction.
The title of Chesteron's 1910 collection of essays was
inspired by an essay title given to him two years earlier by
The Times newspaper, which had asked a number of authors to
write on the topic: "What's wrong with the world?".
Chesterton's answer at that time was the shortest of those
submitted - he simply wrote: "Dear Sirs, I am. Sincerely
yours, G.K. Chesterton". In this collection he gives a
fuller treatment of the question, treating it with his
characteristic conservative wit. (Summary by Wikipedia and
Carl Manchester)
M4B format available
This audio is part of the collection: The LibriVox Free Audiobook Collection
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Artist/Composer: G.K. Chesterton
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Creative Commons license: Public Domain
00 - Dedication 3:02 01 - The Medical Mistake 7:43 02 - Wanted: An Unpractical Man 10:29 03 - The New Hypocrite 13:06 04 - The Fear of the Past 19:22 05 - The Unfinished Temple 12:06 06 - The Enemies of Property 9:50 07 - The Free Family 8:05 08 - The Wildness of Domesticity 8:53 09 - The History of Hudge and Gudge 11:03 10 - Oppression by Optimism 6:36 11 - The Homelessness of Jones 9:21 12 - The Charm of Jingoism 8:21 13 - Wisdom and the Weather 14:12 14 - The Common Vision 7:11 15 - The Insane Necessity 14:37 16 - The Unmilitary Suffragette 6:50 17 - The Universal Stick 13:55 18 - The Emancipation of Domesticity 10:06 19 - The Romance of Thrift 11:36 20 - The Coldness of Chloe 8:35 21 - The Pedant and the Savage 6:24 22 - The Modern Surrender of Woman 8:03 23 - The Brand of the Fleur de Lis 6:42 24 - Sincerety and the Gallows 6:49 25 - The Higher Anarchy 8:25 26 - The Queen and the Suffragettes 3:44 27 - The Modern Slave 7:12 28 - The Calvinism of Today 5:20 29 - The Tribal Terror 6:00 30 - The Tricks Of Environment 4:35 31 - The Truth About Education 6:03 32 - An Evil Cry 6:25 33 - Authority the Unavoidable 10:02 34 - The Humility of Mrs Grundy 8:15 35 - The Broken Rainbow 11:03 36 - The Need for Narrowness 5:11 37 - The Case for Public Schools 15:47 38 - The School for Hypocrites 12:32 39 - The Staleness of the New Schools 6:42 40 - The Outlawed Parent 7:19 41 - Folly And Female Education 8:26 42 - The Empire of the Insect 14:19 43 - The Fallacy of the Umbrella Stand 8:34 44 - The Dreadful Duty of Gudge 6:16 45 - A Last Instance 2:34 46 - Conclusion 8:45 47 - Three Notes 8:06