Uses of Diversity
G. K. Chesterton
35 chapters · 5 h 38 min · English
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A collection of 35 essays by G.K. Chesterton originally published in his weekly columns in "The Illustrated London News" and the "New Witness". The subjects vary greatly from lamp posts to Jane Austen's Emma, from "On Pigs as Pets" to Mormonism and Christian Science. (Summary by Maria Therese)
Chapters
1 On Seriousness 12 min 2 On Lamp-Posts 9 min 3 The Spirits 9 min 4 Tennyson 9 min 5 The Domesticity of Detectives 9 min 6 George Meredith 7 min 7 The Irishman 9 min 8 Ireland and the Domestic Drama 9 min 9 The Japanese 9 min 10 Christian Science 8 min 11 The Lawlessness of Lawyers 10 min 12 Our Latin Relations 10 min 13 On Pigs as Pets 8 min 14 The Romance of Rostand 8 min 15 Wishes 10 min 16 The Futurists 9 min 17 The Evolution of Emma 13 min 18 The Pseudo-Scientific Books 9 min 19 The Humour of King Herod 9 min 20 The Silver Goblets 10 min 21 The Duty of the Historian 12 min 22 Questions of Divorce 16 min 23 Mormonism 9 min 24 Pageants and Dress 10 min 25 On Stage Costume 10 min 26 The Yule Log and the Democrat 12 min 27 More Thoughts on Christmas 9 min 28 Dickens Again 8 min 29 Taffy 9 min 30 ''Ego et Shavius Meus'' 6 min 31 The Plan for a New Universe 12 min 32 George Wyndham 12 min 33 Four Stupidities 8 min 34 On Historial Novels 9 min 35 On Monsters 12 min