Book
The Napoleon of Notting Hill
- Published
- 1904
- Genre
- Fiction
- Publisher
- Blurb
- Pages
- 188
- Words
- 58800
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49673.The_Napoleon_of_Notting_Hill?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_30
Reading measures
- Suggested reading age
- ages 16–18
- Ambleside year
- Year 11 onwards · ages 16–19
An Ambleside year is a year of the Ambleside Online programme, not a reader's age. Year 0 is its first year, and a book used over several years shows the span. The ages beside it are that band offered two grades up and none down, which is how we offer a band; they are a placement, not a reading measure.
In a London of the future, the drudgery of capitalism and bureaucracy have worn the human spirit down to the point where it can barely stand. 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. At first his project baffles everyone, but eventually his dedication proves infectious, with delightful results. First published in 1904, The Napoleon of Notting Hill was Chesterton's first novel. It has been called the best first novel by any author in the twentieth century. Newly designed and typeset by Waking Lion Press.
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9781366560865
- ISBN-10
- 1366560868
Tags
ClassicsEnglandSocial Studies-Government