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Fancies Versus Fads

Fancies Versus Fads

by G. K. Chesterton

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About this eBook

Author
Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936
Credits
Produced by Tim Lindell, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
English essays -- 20th century
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 60164
Release Date
August 24, 2019
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.FANCIES VERSUS FADS
  2. 2.INTRODUCTION
  3. 3.CONTENTS — FANCIES VERSUS FADS
  4. 4.The Romance of Rhyme
  5. 5.Hamlet and the Psycho-Analyst
  6. 6.The Meaning of Mock Turkey
  7. 7.Shakespeare and the Legal Lady
  8. 8.On Being an Old Bean
  9. 9.The Fear of the Film
  10. 10.Wings and the Housemaid
  11. 11.The Slavery of Free Verse
  12. 12.Prohibition and the Press
  13. 13.The Mercy of Mr. Arnold Bennett
  14. 14.A Defence of Dramatic Unities
  15. 15.The Boredom of Butterflies
  16. 16.The Terror of a Toy
  17. 17.False Theory and the Theatre
  18. 18.The Secret Society of Mankind
  19. 19.The Sentimentalism of Divorce
  20. 20.Street Cries and Stretching the Law
  21. 21.The Revolt of the Spoilt Child
  22. 22.The Innocence of the Criminal
  23. 23.The Prudery of the Feminists
  24. 24.How Mad Laws are Made
  25. 25.The Pagoda of Progress
  26. 26.The Myth of the “Mayflower”
  27. 27.Much Too Modern History
  28. 28.The Evolution of Slaves
  29. 29.Is Darwin Dead?
  30. 30.Turning Inside Out
  31. 31.Strikes and the Spirit of Wonder
  32. 32.A Note on Old Nonsense
  33. 33.Milton and Merry England

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