Fancies Versus Fads

G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)

A Collection of 31 essays from G.K. Chesterton.

“I have strung these things together on a slight enough thread; but as the things themselves are slight, it is possible that the thread (and the metaphor) may manage to hang together. These notes range over very variegated topics and in many cases were made at very different times. They concern all sorts of things from lady barristers to cave-men, and from psycho-analysis to free verse. Yet they have this amount of unity in their wandering, that they all imply that it is only a more traditional spirit that is truly able to wander.” (From the Introduction)

Genre(s): Essays & Short Works

Language: English

Section Chapter Author Source Reader Time Language
Play 01 Introduction Etext Larry Wilson
00:07:32
Play 02 The Romance of Rhyme Etext realisticspeakers
00:39:23
Play 03 Hamlet and the Psycho-Analyst Etext John
00:32:07
Play 04 The Meaning of Mock Turkey Etext Linda Johnson
00:21:20
Play 05 Shakespeare and the Legal Lady Etext Campbell Schelp
00:15:55
Play 06 On Being an Old Bean Etext Linda Johnson
00:10:46
Play 07 The Fear of the Film Etext Tomas Peter
00:10:52
Play 08 Wings and the Housemaid Etext Phil Chenevert
00:10:43
Play 09 The Slavery of Free Verse Etext thestorygirl
00:12:28
Play 10 Prohibition and the Press Etext Ciufi Galeazzi
00:10:32
Play 11 The Mercy of Mr. Arnold Bennett Etext MLC13
00:13:22
Play 12 A Defense of Dramatic Unities Etext MLC13
00:10:47
Play 13 The Boredom of Butterflies Etext Larry Wilson
00:09:40
Play 14 The Terror of a Toy Etext Justin S Barrett
00:08:43
Play 15 False Theory and the Theatre Etext tommack
00:11:24
Play 16 The Secret Society of Mankind Etext Ciufi Galeazzi
00:12:59
Play 17 The Sentimentalism of Divorce Etext Linda Johnson
00:11:00
Play 18 Street Cars and Stretching the Law Etext thestorygirl
00:13:00
Play 19 Why Reformers Go Wrong Etext Greg Giordano
00:11:40
Play 20 The Innocence of the Criminal Etext tommack
00:12:30
Play 21 The Prudery of the Feminists Etext Brian James
00:09:54
Play 22 How Mad Laws are Made Etext April6090
00:10:59
Play 23 The Pagoda of Progress Etext thestorygirl
00:11:11
Play 24 The Myth of the 'Mayflower' Etext Kathleen Moore
00:11:36
Play 25 Much Too Modern History Etext Kathleen Moore
00:09:55
Play 26 The Evolution of Slaves Etext Kathleen Moore
00:13:32
Play 27 Is Darwin Dead? Etext Kathleen Moore
00:13:59
Play 28 Turning Inside Out Etext Linda Johnson
00:22:58
Play 29 Strikes and the Spirit of Wonder Etext Ciufi Galeazzi
00:11:02
Play 30 A Note on Old Nonsense Etext April6090
00:11:41
Play 31 Milton and Merry England Etext Linda Johnson
00:40:16