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The Green Overcoat

Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953)

This rollicking novel captures the minor moral dilemma of thin, shy, nervous, Professor Higginson, psychologist, as he comes under the eye of the enemy of his soul through an encounter with a green overcoat. The quixotic adventure that follows will bring the childlike reader laughter like rainfall. This is Belloc at his Chestertonian best! - Summary by Russ Hobbs

Genre(s): Published 1900 onward

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Dedication	Russ Hobbs	00:05:26
Play 01	In which the Green Overcoat takes a Journey.	Russ Hobbs	00:22:14
Play 02	In which a Philosopher wrestles with a Problem of Identity.	Russ Hobbs	00:20:42
Play 03	In which the Green Overcoat appears as a point of religion by not being there.	Russ Hobbs	00:26:33
Play 04	In which it is seen that University training fits one for a business career.	Russ Hobbs	00:19:22
Play 05	In which Solitude is unable to discover the charms which Sages have seen in her face.	Russ Hobbs	00:26:55
Play 06	In which Professor Higginson Begins to Taste the Sweets of Fame.	Russ Hobbs	00:38:49
Play 07	In which Professor Higginson goes on tasting them.	Russ Hobbs	00:30:02
Play 08	In which Professor Higginson gets those sweets by the wagon -load, and also hears how Men are Made.	Russ Hobbs	00:21:01
Play 09	In which the Green Overcoat begins to assert itself.	Russ Hobbs	00:14:00
Play 10	In which a Descendant of the Crusaders refuses to harbour stolen goods.	Russ Hobbs	00:24:30
Play 11	In which a Pole is less scrupulous.	Russ Hobbs	00:15:20
Play 12	In which the Readerkin will, if he has an ounce of brains, begin to catch the inevitable Denoumong of the Imbroglio.	Russ Hobbs	00:33:28
Play 13	In which the Subliminal Consciousness gives itself away.	Russ Hobbs	00:24:48
Play 14	In which, incredible as it may seem, a non-Pole has the better of a Pole.	Russ Hobbs	00:10:09
Play 15	In which three young men eat, and not only eat, but drink.	Russ Hobbs	00:15:00
Play 16	In which cross-examination is conducted "en echelon," and if you don't know what that means I can't help you.	Russ Hobbs	00:14:10
Play 17	In which a Professor professes nothing, a Lecture is not delivered, and yet something happens.	Russ Hobbs	00:26:37
Play 18	In which the Green Overcoat triumphs and comes home.	Russ Hobbs	00:14:59

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