Book Review: The Man Who Was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton

May 18, 2013 20:20

The Man Who Was Thursday, the title alone makes you want to grab the book. It definitely helps that since its publication in 1908, the book has gone through a series of covers, each better than the next.


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Links I found interesting for 19-05-2013 livejournal May 19 2013, 08:00:03 UTC
User nwhyte referenced to your post from Links I found interesting for 19-05-2013 saying: [...] ) The Man Who Was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton [...]

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houseboatonstyx May 19 2013, 16:58:17 UTC
Er, this link -- ([Spoiler (click to open)]) -- doesn't lead anywhere. Is that symbolic too?

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Spoiler lexlingua May 20 2013, 08:35:48 UTC
Hi, did you click the hyperlink there? It basically reads as "Sunday = God". In the sense that Chesterton has fashioned Sunday (the head of the Anarchist Council) as God in the Book of Job. Hope that helps.

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