About the book
The Man Who Was Thursday is at once a thriller, a dream, and a metaphysical joke of the first order. In it, G. K. Chesterton gives us not merely a tale of pursuit and disguise, but a brilliantly staged chase through the absurdities of modern thought, where anarchists, policemen, and philosophers exchange masks with disconcerting ease. What begins as a breathless adventure in late-Victorian London gradually reveals itself as something stranger and deeper; a comedy of terror, a parable of order and revolt, and a fable in which suspense becomes revelation. Chesterton keeps readers exhilarated even as the ground shifts beneath them. With wit, velocity, and a style at once exuberant and exact, he drives the narrative forward toward one of the most startling denouements in English fiction. The result is a novel of rare originality, one that has long outlived the debates it lampoons because it speaks, with extraordinary force, to the enduring mystery of identity, belief, and the hidden architecture of the world. This Warbler Classics edition includes an extensive biographical timeline of Chesterton's life and work.
Editions of The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)
- Paperback
- ISBN 9798902670391
- EBook
- ISBN 798902670407
- Kindle
- ISBN B0H1YHQG8C
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The Man Who Was Thursday is at once a thriller, a dream, and a metaphysical joke of the first order. In it, G. K. Chesterton gives us not merely a tale of pursuit and disguise, but a brilliantly staged chase through the absurdities of modern thought, where anarchists, policemen, and philosophers exchange masks with disconcerting ease. What begins as a breathless adventure in late-Victorian London gradually reveals itself as something stranger and deeper; a comedy of terror, a parable of order and revolt, and a fable in which suspense becomes revelation. Chesterton keeps readers exhilarated even as the ground shifts beneath them. With wit, velocity, and a style at once exuberant and exact, he drives the narrative forward toward one of the most startling denouements in English fiction. The result is a novel of rare originality, one that has long outlived the debates it lampoons because it speaks, with extraordinary force, to the enduring mystery of identity, belief, and the hidden architecture of the world. This Warbler Classics edition includes an extensive biographical timeline of Chesterton's life and work.
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The Man Who Was Thursday is at once a thriller, a dream, and a metaphysical joke of the first order. In it, G. K. Chesterton gives us not merely a tale of pursuit and disguise, but a brilliantly staged chase through the absurdities of modern thought, where anarchists, policemen, and philosophers exchange masks with disconcerting ease. What begins as a breathless adventure in late-Victorian London gradually reveals itself as something stranger and deeper; a comedy of terror, a parable of order and revolt, and a fable in which suspense becomes revelation. Chesterton keeps readers exhilarated even as the ground shifts beneath them. With wit, velocity, and a style at once exuberant and exact, he drives the narrative forward toward one of the most startling denouements in English fiction. The result is a novel of rare originality, one that has long outlived the debates it lampoons because it speaks, with extraordinary force, to the enduring mystery of identity, belief, and the hidden architecture of the world. This Warbler Classics edition includes an extensive biographical timeline of Chesterton's life and work.
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How long is The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition) and how many pages does it have?
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition) has 163 page(s)
Who is/are the Author/s of the book The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)?
G. K. Chesterton
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Warbler Classics
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The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition) is available as paperback(ISBN 9798902670391) and ebook(ISBN 798902670407) and kindle(ISBN B0H1YHQG8C)
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