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- Adam Wayne, the provost of Notting Hill. As a nine-year-old, he had unwittingly inspired King Auberon to reintroduce medieval customs into London. He loves Notting Hill’s narrow streets and fights against the broad highway. He is killed defending his beloved London district but dies happy, having brought love back to London.
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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 his...
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G. K. Chesterton was a well-known journalist and essayist...
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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.
- Gilbert Keith Chesterton
- 1904
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.
- Dale Ahlquist
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.
In a flight of whimsy, he reincorporates the city's boroughs as feudal towns and spurs them on to rivalry. But he fails to foresee the likes of Adam Wayne, provost of Notting Hill, who takes the king's joke very seriously, with heroic and bloody consequences.
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Feb 27, 2024 · At first, the reader is made to laugh along with the other Londoners at Chesterton’s bizarre and maniacal Adam Wayne and his beloved Notting Hill. Why is this man willing to risk everything to defend his puny Pump Street?
Adam Wayne As a nine-year-old, he had unwittingly inspired King Auberon to reintroduce medieval customs into London. He loves Notting Hill’s narrow streets and fights against the broad highway.
