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The Defendant
A collection of reprinted articles on a wide-range of subject, all in the unique style of G. K. Chesterton. Using wit, paradox, and good humor he “defends” a series of seeming harmless things that need no defense, and in so doing he exposes many of the broken assumptions and dogmatic notions of secular humanism and other trends of his age and of ours. (Summary by Ray Clare)
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Total running time: 3:16:15
Read by Ray Clare
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- Ch 01 – In Defence of a New Edition – 00:06:59
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[ogg vorbis - 3.6MB] - Ch 02 – Introduction – 00:09:43
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[ogg vorbis - 5.0MB] - Ch 03 – A Defence of Penny Dreadfuls – 00:14:40
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[ogg vorbis - 7.6MB] - Ch 04 – A Defence of Rash Vows – 00:13:24
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[ogg vorbis - 6.9MB] - Ch 05 – A Defence of Skeletons – 00:11:00
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[ogg vorbis - 6.0MB] - Ch 06 – A Defence of Publicity – 00:11:43
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[ogg vorbis - 6.3MB] - Ch 07 – A Defence of Nonsense – 00:12:33
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[ogg vorbis - 6.8MB] - Ch 08 – A Defence of Planets – 00:11:01
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[ogg vorbis - 6.0MB] - Ch 09 – A Defence of China Shepherdesses – 00:10:24
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[ogg vorbis - 5.7MB] - Ch 10 – A Defence of Useful Information – 00:13:19
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[ogg vorbis - 7.3MB] - Ch 11 – A Defence of Heraldry – 00:08:54
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[ogg vorbis - 4.8MB] - Ch 12 – A Defence of Ugly Things – 00:09:48
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[ogg vorbis - 5.3MB] - Ch 13 – A Defence of Farce – 00:11:37
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[ogg vorbis - 6.4MB] - Ch 14 – A Defence of Humility – 00:11:55
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[ogg vorbis - 6.5MB] - Ch 15 – A Defence of Slang – 00:10:12
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[ogg vorbis - 5.5MB] - Ch 16 – A Defence of Baby-Worship – 00:08:07
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[ogg vorbis - 4.5MB] - Ch 17 – A Defence of Detective Stories – 00:09:07
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[ogg vorbis - 4.9MB] - Ch 18 – A Defence of Patriotism – 00:11:49
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Cataloged on June 06, 2008
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