The Defendant
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The Defendant

by Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Publisher
Jazzybee Verlag
Pages
62
Language
English
Published
1940

Overview

In an introduction the author humorously offers his reasons for defending the things not generally liked. Following are special defences of "penny dreadfuls," rash vows, skeletons, publicity, nonsense, planets, China shepherdesses, useful information, heraldry, ugly things, farce, humility, slang, baby worship, detective stories and patriotism.

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