Description
London, 1984. England has given up on democracy and selects its rulers by lottery. This time it is the turn of clerk Auberon Quin, a prankster who decrees that each borough of London become an independent mediaeval state, complete with costumes and coats of arms. The citizens bear his joke with varying levels of patience - until Adam Wayne, the intractable Provost of Notting Hill, sword in hand, takes the game far too seriously. First published in 1904, G. K. Chesterton's deliriously eccentric debut novel is a wild, topsy-turvy satire on a land ruled by fools.
| EAN: | 9780241698631 |
| Farbverschnitt: | Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 04.07.2024 |
| Autoren: | Chesterton, G K |
| Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: | 182 |
| Themenüberschrift: | FICTION / Classics |
| Keyword: | george orwell; nineteen eighty-four; 1984; arthur conan doyle; sherlock holmes; father brown; the man who was thursday; satire; london; england; catholicism; edgar allen poe; william morris; a confederacy of dunces; politics; classic; socialism; political |
| Fachschema: | Englische Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~London / Roman, Erzählung |
| Fachkategorie: | Klassische Belletristik~Spekulative Literatur~Satirische Romane und Parodie (fiktional)~Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Politik~Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Soziales~Klassische Lyrik, Lyrik bis 1900 |
| Imprint-Titels: | Penguin Classics |
| Länge: | 199 mm |
| Breite: | 129 mm |