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The Uses of Diversity

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A collection of 35 essays by G.K. Chesterton originally published in his weekly columns in "The Illustrated London News" and the "New Witness". The subjects vary greatly from lamp posts to Jane Austen's Emma, from "On Pigs as Pets" to Mormonism and Christian Science. (Summary by Maria Therese) (5 hr 37 min)

Chapters

On Seriousness

12:00

Read by thestorygirl

On Lamp-Posts

8:42

Read by Elsie Selwyn

The Spirits

8:39

Read by Larry Wilson

Tennyson

8:35

Read by CoffeeLover17

The Domesticity of Detectives

8:53

Read by CoffeeLover17

George Meredith

6:38

Read by CoffeeLover17

The Irishman

8:41

Read by Elissa Graeser

Ireland and the Domestic Drama

8:59

Read by Elissa Graeser

The Japanese

9:23

Read by Larry Wilson

Christian Science

7:45

Read by Devorah Allen

The Lawlessness of Lawyers

10:10

Read by Brian James

Our Latin Relations

10:01

Read by Maria de Fátima da Silva

On Pigs as Pets

7:54

Read by Elsie Selwyn

The Romance of Rostand

7:50

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

Wishes

9:45

Read by jenno

The Futurists

9:16

Read by Larry Wilson

The Evolution of Emma

12:43

Read by jenno

The Pseudo-Scientific Books

9:15

Read by Larry Wilson

The Humour of King Herod

8:39

Read by Maria de Fátima da Silva

The Silver Goblets

9:33

Read by jenno

The Duty of the Historian

12:14

Read by thestorygirl

Questions of Divorce

16:11

Read by Farrah

Mormonism

9:17

Read by Larry Wilson

Pageants and Dress

10:18

Read by Kathleen Moore

On Stage Costume

10:07

Read by Kathleen Moore

The Yule Log and the Democrat

12:16

Read by Kathleen Moore

More Thoughts on Christmas

8:49

Read by Larry Wilson

Dickens Again

7:50

Read by Larry Wilson

Taffy

8:51

Read by Devorah Allen

''Ego et Shavius Meus''

6:15

Read by Elsie Selwyn

The Plan for a New Universe

11:32

Read by Larry Wilson

George Wyndham

12:27

Read by Lucretia B.

Four Stupidities

8:23

Read by Greg Giordano

On Historial Novels

8:31

Read by Greg Giordano

On Monsters

11:34

Read by TriciaG