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At the climax of one battle, the King — who takes nothing seriously — finds himself joining forces with Wayne — who takes everything seriously. Auberon Quin and Adam Wayne ultimately realize that they represent the two lobes of the brain, the brain of the ploughman.
- Quotations of G. K. Chesterton
G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was one of the greatest and most...
- The Napoleon of Notting Hill
Nearly half a century before George Orwell wrote 1984, G.K....
- Quotations of G. K. Chesterton
Ten years later, negotiations for the road encounter an obstacle in Adam Wayne, who has become the provost of Notting Hill. Objecting to the destruction of the shops, he vows to preserve...
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. Influence. Michael Collins, who led the fight for Ireland's secession from the United Kingdom, is known to have admired the book. [1] .
- Gilbert Keith Chesterton
- 1904
Adam Wayne is the protagonist of “The Napoleon of Notting Hill.” He is a young man who becomes the leader of Notting Hill, a small district in London. Wayne is a romantic idealist who believes in the importance of tradition and the power of the human spirit.
When a pint-sized clerk named Auberon Quinn is randomly selected as head of state, he decides to turn London into a medieval carnival for his own amusement. One man, Adam Wayne, takes the new order of things seriously, organizing a Notting Hill army to fight invaders from other neighborhoods.
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Book V. Chapter I—The Empire of Notting Hill. Chapter II—The Last Battle. Chapter III—Two Voices. TO HILAIRE BELLOC. For every tiny town or place God made the stars especially; Babies look up with owlish face And see them tangled in a tree: You saw a moon from Sussex Downs, Sussex moon, untravelled still,
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Everyone goes along with the conceit until young Adam Wayne, a born military tactician, takes the game too seriously . . . and becomes the Napoleon of Notting Hill.
