Fancies Versus Fads
G. K. Chesterton
Play
Length 7 h 34 min
Chapters 31
First published 1923
A Collection of 31 essays from G.K. Chesterton.
“I have strung these things together on a slight enough thread; but as the things themselves are slight, it is possible that the thread (and the metaphor) may manage to hang together. These notes range over very variegated topics and in many cases were made at very different times. They concern all sorts of things from lady barristers to cave-men, and from psycho-analysis to free verse. Yet they have this amount of unity in their wandering, that they all imply that it is only a more traditional spirit that is truly able to wander.” (From the Introduction)
Chapters
1
Introduction Read by Larry Wilson 7:32
2
The Romance of Rhyme Read by realisticspeakers 39:23
3
Hamlet and the Psycho-Analyst Read by John 32:07
4
The Meaning of Mock Turkey Read by Linda Johnson 21:20
5
Shakespeare and the Legal Lady Read by Campbell Schelp 15:55
6
On Being an Old Bean Read by Linda Johnson 10:46
7
The Fear of the Film Read by Tomas Peter 10:52
8
Wings and the Housemaid Read by Phil Chenevert 10:43
9
The Slavery of Free Verse Read by thestorygirl 12:28
10
Prohibition and the Press Read by Ciufi Galeazzi 10:32
11
The Mercy of Mr. Arnold Bennett Read by MLC13 13:22
12
A Defense of Dramatic Unities Read by MLC13 10:47
13
The Boredom of Butterflies Read by Larry Wilson 9:40
14
The Terror of a Toy Read by Justin S Barrett 8:43
15
False Theory and the Theatre Read by tommack 11:24
16
The Secret Society of Mankind Read by Ciufi Galeazzi 12:59
17
The Sentimentalism of Divorce Read by Linda Johnson 11:00
18
Street Cars and Stretching the Law Read by thestorygirl 13:00
19
Why Reformers Go Wrong Read by Greg Giordano 11:40
20
The Innocence of the Criminal Read by tommack 12:30
21
The Prudery of the Feminists Read by Brian James 9:54
22
How Mad Laws are Made Read by April6090 10:59
23
The Pagoda of Progress Read by thestorygirl 11:11
24
The Myth of the 'Mayflower' Read by Kathleen Moore 11:36
25
Much Too Modern History Read by Kathleen Moore 9:55
26
The Evolution of Slaves Read by Kathleen Moore 13:32
27
Is Darwin Dead? Read by Kathleen Moore 13:59
28
Turning Inside Out Read by Linda Johnson 22:58
29
Strikes and the Spirit of Wonder Read by Ciufi Galeazzi 11:02
30
A Note on Old Nonsense Read by April6090 11:41
31
Milton and Merry England Read by Linda Johnson 40:16
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