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The Flying Inn. The Flying Inn is a novel by English writer G. K. Chesterton, first published in 1914. It is set in a future England where the temperance movement has allowed a bizarre form of "Progressive" Islam to dominate the political and social life of the country. Because of this, alcohol sales to the poor are effectively prohibited ...
- Gilbert K. Chesterton
- 1914
"The Flying Inn", published in England in 1914, is a tale of a man who is confronted by modern cultural trends -- and, oddly enough, this focus on all things "modern" (in 1914) is no less relevant today than it was a hundred years ago. Chesterton saw England as being a culture in transition and in conflict with itself, and the struggles he saw play out dramatically in this novel: The ...
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The Flying Inn Paperback – 26 Nov. 2017. by G. K. Chesterton (Author), Taylor Anderson (Editor) 4.0 96 ratings. See all formats and editions. The Flying Inn is a dystopian future novel set in England where the Temperance movement has allowed Islam to become the dominant religion. Under a form of Sharia law, alcohol has been prohibited.
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- G. K. Chesterton
The Flying Inn. Hardcover – 16 Jun. 2020. Chesterton's The Flying Inn is a story of adventure that will capture both new readers and old fans. In this England, a “progressive” political party has pushed in a new prohibition era, where the rich can buy alcohol at a steep price for “medicinal” reasons. These restrictions leave a pub ...
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- G. K. Chesterton
Apr 10, 2019 · THE FLYING INN. CHAPTER I A SERMON ON INNS. The sea was a pale elfin green and the afternoon had already felt the fairy touch of evening as a young woman with dark hair, dressed in a crinkly copper-coloured sort of dress of the artistic order, was walkin ...
Apr 10, 2019 · The Flying Inn Credits: Tim Lindell, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team Language: English: LoC Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature: Subject: Fantasy fiction Subject: Humorous stories Subject: England -- Fiction Subject: Prohibition -- Fiction Subject: Great Britain -- Politics and government ...
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Jan 3, 2024 · The flying inn, by Gilbert. K. Chesterton. Publication date 1914-01-01 Publisher John Lane company Collection internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive Language English Item Size 382970217. Addeddate 2024-01-03 01:25:20 Autocrop_version 0.0.17_boo ...
