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Original Title:	The Napoleon of Notting Hill
ISBN:	1600965237 (ISBN13: 9781600965234)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Auberon Quin, Adam Wayne
Setting:	London, England,1984(United Kingdom)

The Napoleon of Notting Hill

G.K. Chesterton

Paperback | Pages: 188 pages

Rating: 3.86 | 2730 Users | 261 Reviews

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Title	:	The Napoleon of Notting Hill
Author	:	G.K. Chesterton
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 188 pages
Published	:	July 30th 2008 by Waking Lion Press (first published November 12th 1904)
Categories	:	Fiction. Classics. Fantasy. Humor. Literature

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In a London of the future, the drudgery of capitalism and bureaucracy have worn the human spirit down to the point where it can barely stand. When a pint-sized clerk named Auberon Quinn is randomly selected as head of state, he decides to turn London into a medieval carnival for his own amusement. One man, Adam Wayne, takes the new order of things seriously, organizing a Notting Hill army to fight invaders from other neighborhoods. At first his project baffles everyone, but eventually his dedication proves infectious, with delightful results. First published in 1904, The Napoleon of Notting Hill was Chesterton's first novel. It has been called the best first novel by any author in the twentieth century. Newly designed and typeset by Waking Lion Press.

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Ratings: 3.86 From 2730 Users | 261 Reviews

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Greatly underrated, visionary dystopia.

Wise and zanyit must be GKC.Truly a parable for our time. A madcap king is taken seriously by lunatic functionary. Chaos ensues.

Five stars for the brilliant mind behind it, but huge deductions for the idea that there is something glamorous and romantic about war. I am told that when the First World War broke out most European nations greeted the news as something to cheer about, and this has always puzzled me. Reading this book has given me a better understanding of how the 1905 concept of war is so much different than the concept we have of it today.

I once read an Amazon list titled "Chesterton is the Besterton." Now I understand why.The Napoleon of Notting Hill is set in an alternate 1984, one that isn't much different than 1904. Technology stopped progressing and most people stopped caring about government. Democracy has given way to despotism, because one idiot's opinion is as good as the opinion of all of them, to paraphrase the text. All of this changes when Auberon Quin is randomly selected as the King of England.Python-esque humor

From TIA:Written in 1904, Chesterton's vision of London 80 years on is still full of horse buses and hansom cabs. But democracy is dead, and the King is chosen by rote from among government officials. No one minds because none of it matters - until the choice falls on Auberon Quinn.....https://archive.org/details/NapoleonO...

I don't know what event occurred to inspire the author to write this work, and I don't know quite how to take it. Maybe he could see the future....he's laughing at us.Synopsis:In a London of the future, the drudgery of capitalism and bureaucracy have worn the human spirit down to the point where it can barely stand. When a pint-sized clerk named Auberon Quinn is randomly selected as head of state, he decides to turn London into a medieval carnival for his own amusement. One man, Adam Wayne,

Perhaps some people will be surprised to learn that George Orwell was not the first author to write a book set in the future in which the action takes place in the year 1984. Over 40 years earlier, G K Chesterton was also describing events taking place in that year in his first novel, The Napoleon of Notting Hill.Naturally Chestertons vision of the future was very different from that of Orwell. In fact, the England of 80 years hence is almost identical to the England of Chestertons time, but