Project Gutenberg 2006-12-08 Public domain in the USA. 927 Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith) 1874 1936 Chesterton, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Gilbert K. (Gilbert Keith) Robertson, W. Graham (Walford Graham) 1866 1948 Robertson, Walford Graham Robertson, Graham The Napoleon of Notting Hill Produced by Jason Isbell, Diane Monico, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Napoleon of Notting Hill" by G. K. Chesterton is a satirical novel written in the early 20th century. The story is set in a future London where the populace has seemingly lost faith in revolutions and upheaval, embracing a mundane and monotonous existence. The main character, Auberon Quin, is an eccentric government clerk who inadvertently becomes a king, sparking whimsical chaos with his grand (yet absurd) ideas about local governance and patriotism. At the start of the book, the narrative delves into the ironic complacency of society in the early 20th century, where predictions from numerous "prophets" about the future are humorously disregarded by the ordinary people who simply maintain their daily routines. Auberon briefly disrupts this monotony when he chooses to take a stand in favor of local identities and medieval traditions, proposing extravagant systems such as city guards and proclamations for the boroughs of London. This sets off a series of comedic events that highlight the absurdity of his ideas while reflecting on the nature of governance and identity in a rapidly modernizing world. The opening establishes a sharp contrast between the absurdity of Quin's charismatic actions and the ordinary lives of those around him, laying the groundwork for an exploration of individualism against the backdrop of collective apathy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fantasy fiction Political fiction Notting Hill (London, England) -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Politics Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 383578 383586 2024-09-09T03:40:24.208871 2023-09-09T06:37:19.302109 text/html text/html 386198 2006-12-08T10:30:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 973567 2006-12-08T10:30:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1098626 2024-09-09T03:40:31.909881 application/epub+zip 1098086 2024-09-09T03:40:26.177899 application/epub+zip 203117 2024-09-09T03:40:25.022971 application/epub+zip 1273478 2024-09-09T03:40:36.167776 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1234831 2024-09-09T03:40:30.905818 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 342306 2022-09-09T12:31:37.050499 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 337612 337513 2024-09-09T03:40:23.200898 2023-09-09T06:37:18.458090 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 337525 2006-12-08T10:30:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 130335 2006-12-08T10:30:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 337519 2006-12-08T10:30:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 130288 2006-12-08T10:30:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21652 2024-09-09T03:40:36.321776 application/rdf+xml 13583 2024-09-09T03:40:25.381836 image/jpeg 3296 2024-09-09T03:40:25.201846 image/jpeg 1023089 2024-09-09T03:40:24.271832 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia