The Return of Don Quixote
Book Details
| Title: | The Return of Don Quixote | ||||||||||
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| Published: | 1927 | ||||||||||
| Publisher: | Dodd, Mead & Company | ||||||||||
| Tags: | England, fiction | ||||||||||
| Description: | Chesterton’s last novel is a reflection of his first novel. One contemporary reviewer called it “a new kind of Napoleon coming to a new kind of Notting Hill.” Michael Herne is a librarian at Seawood Abbey, an estate owned by Lord Seawood. When Lord Seawood’s daughter and some of her friends want to put on a play called “Blondel the Troubadour,” the librarian is asked to play the part of a medieval king. Herne not only takes his role seriously by thoroughly researching the Middle Ages, when the play is concluded, he refuses to take off the costume. He remains in character, much to the befuddlement and consternation of the other players. With this device, Chesterton achieves a wonderful effect in contrast to the typical snide modern commentary on the past: he creates an opportunity for the past to offer a commentary on the present.” . . .—chesterton.org [Suggest a different description.] |
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| Downloads: | 379 | ||||||||||
| Pages: | 168  |
Author Bio for Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
G.K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton (1874-1936) was an English writer and literary critic. Born in London, England, he made his early name in writing as a journalist. He became known for his anti-imperialist attitudes which also included attacks on big business, technology and the monolithic state. These thoughts are reflected in his novels starting with The Napoleon of Notting Hill, published in 1904. He also wrote literary and art criticism but he is perhaps best known for his popular Father Brown detective series, an unassuming East Anglian priest who solves crime using intuitive methods. (Oxford Companion to English Literature)
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