The Napoleon of Notting Hill - Gilbert Keith Chesterton
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The Napoleon of Notting Hill is a novel written by G. K. Chesterton
in 1904, set in a nearly-unchanged London in 1984.Though the novel
deals with the future, it concentrates not on technology nor on
totalitarian government but on a government where no one cares what
happens, comparable to Fahrenheit 451 in that respect.The dreary
succession of randomly selected Kings of England is broken up when
Auberon Quin, who cares for nothing but a good joke, is chosen. To
amuse himself, he institutes elaborate costumes for the provosts of
the districts of London. All are bored by the King's antics except
for one earnest young man who takes the cry for regional pride
seriously – Adam Wayne, the eponymous Napoleon of Notting
Hill.While the novel is humorous (one instance has the King sitting
on top of an omnibus and speaking to it as to a horse: "Forward, my
beauty, my Arab," he said, patting the omnibus encouragingly,
"fleetest of all thy bounding tribe"), it is also an adventure
story: Chesterton is not afraid to let blood be drawn in his
battles, fought with sword and halberd in the London streets, and
Wayne thinks up a few ingenious strategies; and, finally, the novel
is philosophical, considering the value of one man's actions and
the virtue of respect for one's enemies.
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