The Song Against Songs

G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)

LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of The Song Against Songs by G. K. Chesterton. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for October 16, 2011.

Chesterton was a large man, standing 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and weighing around 21 stone (130 kg; 290 lb). His girth gave rise to a famous anecdote. During World War I a lady in London asked why he was not 'out at the Front'; he replied, 'If you go round to the side, you will see that I am.' On another occasion he remarked to his friend George Bernard Shaw: "To look at you, anyone would think a famine had struck England". Shaw retorted, "To look at you, anyone would think you have caused it". P. G. Wodehouse once described a very loud crash as "a sound like Chesterton falling onto a sheet of tin."( Summary from Wikipedia )

Genre(s): Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 The Song Against Songs - Read by BG Bob Gonzalez
00:01:45
Play 02 The Song Against Songs - Read by GHS Algy Pug
00:01:52
Play 03 The Song Against Songs - Read by KGB Kalynda
00:01:36
Play 04 The Song Against Songs - Read by LAH Lee Ann Howlett
00:01:38
Play 05 The Song Against Songs - Read by LLW Leonard Wilson
00:02:01
Play 06 The Song Against Songs - Read by MG Martin Geeson
00:02:21
Play 07 The Song Against Songs - Read by REF Rhonda Federman
00:01:50
Play 08 The Song Against Songs - Read by RG Ruth Golding
00:01:57
Play 09 The Song Against Songs - Read by RN ravenotation
00:02:19