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The Man Who Was Thursday

G. K. Chesterton · 1908

Original text in English.

A suburban quarrel over order and revolt, and a cellar where one of the two proves that he was not joking.

Novel · 16 parts · about 58 000 words · about 4 h 11 of reading

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Contents

  1. Ouverture2 min
  2. ITHE TWO POETS OF SAFFRON PARK15 min
  3. IITHE SECRET OF GABRIEL SYME12 min
  4. IIITHE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY16 min
  5. IVTHE TALE OF A DETECTIVE15 min
  6. VTHE FEAST OF FEAR14 min
  7. VITHE EXPOSURE13 min
  8. VIITHE UNACCOUNTABLE CONDUCT OF PROFESSOR DE WORMS14 min
  9. VIIITHE PROFESSOR EXPLAINS18 min
  10. IXTHE MAN IN SPECTACLES23 min
  11. XTHE DUEL24 min
  12. XITHE CRIMINALS CHASE THE POLICE13 min
  13. XIITHE EARTH IN ANARCHY24 min
  14. XIIITHE PURSUIT OF THE PRESIDENT17 min
  15. XIVTHE SIX PHILOSOPHERS18 min
  16. XVTHE ACCUSER13 min

About this text

G. K. Chesterton († 1936): public-domain work. The text is that of the Project Gutenberg e-book (no. 1695). Erostrate has not changed a single word: only the layout and the division into pages are ours.

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