An edition of The Napoleon of Notting Hill (1904)

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An edition of The Napoleon of Notting Hill (1904)

The Napoleon of Notting Hill

  • 4.2 (4 ratings) ·
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  • 7 Currently reading
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The Napoleon of Notting Hill, like so many Chesterton novels, deftly straddles the fence between humor and philosophy. The place is London, in the far-future year of 1984. Inexplicably, not too much has changed since the turn of the century—except that the king is chosen at random. Things quickly take a turn for the worse when the people randomly select an imbecile who only cares about a good joke.

With the new prankster king in place, the novel continues on with surprisingly action-packed breeziness, exploring themes of identity, patriotism, politics, and government.

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Cover of: The Napoleon of Notting Hill
The Napoleon of Notting Hill
2017, Standard Ebooks
in English
Cover of: The Napoleon of Notting Hill
The Napoleon of Notting Hill
January 1999, Paulist Press
Hardcover in English
Cover of: The Napoleon of Notting Hill
The Napoleon of Notting Hill
1950, Devin-Adair
Hardcover in English - First American Edition
Cover of: The Napoleon of Notting Hill
The Napoleon of Notting Hill
1914, John Lane: The Bodley Head, John Lane Company
Hardcover in English - Fifth Impression
Cover of: The Napoleon of Notting Hill
The Napoleon of Notting Hill
1912, John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd.
Hardcover in English - Fourth Impression
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The Napoleon of Notting Hill
1909, John Lane Company
Hardcover in English - Third Impression
Cover of: The Napoleon of Notting Hill
The Napoleon of Notting Hill
1906, John Lane Company, John Lane: The Bodley Head
Hardcover in English - Second Impression
Cover of: The Napoleon of Notting Hill
The Napoleon of Notting Hill
22 March 1904, John Lane: The Bodley Head
Hardcover in English - First Edition

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A witty and surreal novel of the future.

In a rather dull stuck-in-a-rut future, a prankster chosen randomly to be King of England revives the old ways and inadvertently arouses romantic patriotism and civil war between the boroughs of London.

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