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12 items with this tag.
Jul 24, 2026
Utopia of Usurers
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/distributism
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/social_injustice
motif/money_gold
concept/class_conflict
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/slavery
concept/crime_and_punishment
concept/satire_of_society
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/democracy
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/eugenics
motif/prison
motif/chains
setting/germany
setting/london
setting/ireland
archetype/tyrant
archetype/fool
archetype/rebel
archetype/corrupt_official
histref/french_revolution
histref/first_world_war
histref/irish_question
histref/industrial_revolution
histref/marconi_scandal
Jul 24, 2026
The Adventures of Gerard
graph/work
setting/europe
author/conan_doyle
form/adventure_fiction
form/short_story
concept/vanity
concept/honour
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/satire_of_society
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/journey
motif/prison
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/napoleon
setting/france
setting/continental_europe_brussels
setting/battlefield
character/brigadier_gerard
character/napoleon_bonaparte
archetype/hero
archetype/fool
topos/war_as_glory
Jul 24, 2026
The Poet and the Lunatics
graph/work
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/detective_fiction
form/short_story
concept/madness
concept/rationcination_detection
concept/imagination
concept/good_vs_evil
motif/the_supernatural
motif/the_inn_tavern
motif/birds
archetype/detective
archetype/fool
character/gabriel_gale
character/dr_garth
character/james_hurrel
character/lady_diana_westermaine
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/paradox
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/identity
concept/self_and_cosmos
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/crime_and_punishment
topos/world_upside_down
topos/double
motif/feigned_madness
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
motif/prison
motif/stone_and_marble
motif/storm
setting/rural_england
setting/cathedral
setting/garden_2
archetype/artist
archetype/double_doppelganger
form/parable
histref/bible
histref/christianity
histref/catholic_church
histref/french_revolution
histref/medieval_england
Jul 24, 2026
Marie Antoinette
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/belloc
form/biography
form/history
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/popular_revolution
concept/martyrdom
concept/providence
concept/faith
motif/crown
motif/blood
motif/prison
motif/gallows
histref/french_revolution
histref/reformation
histref/frederick_the_great
setting/france
setting/paris
setting/austria
character/maria_theresa
character/frederick_the_great
character/louis_xiv
archetype/tragic_hero
archetype/martyr_saint
topos/fortunes_wheel
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
Jul 24, 2026
Lepanto
graph/work
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/ballad
form/narrative_poem
histref/battle_of_lepanto
histref/the_crusades
histref/christianity
character/don_john_of_austria
character/don_quixote
topos/the_last_stand
topos/war_as_glory
concept/heroism
concept/war_and_its_cost
archetype/hero
motif/the_cross
motif/the_sea
motif/swords_weapons
setting/the_sea
character/ariel
character/michael
character/cervantes
character/mahound
character/the_pope
character/king_philip
character/soldan_of_byzantium
concept/slavery
concept/freedom_and_liberty
topos/quest
motif/drums_and_bugles
motif/blood
motif/prison
motif/flags_and_banners
setting/orient
archetype/tyrant
histref/islam
histref/catholic_church
Jul 24, 2026
Eugenics and Other Evils
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/economics
author/chesterton
concept/social_injustice
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/the_common_man
concept/poverty
concept/class_conflict
concept/distributism
concept/doubt
form/essay
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/slavery
concept/democracy
concept/reform
concept/natural_order
concept/capitalism
motif/home
motif/prison
archetype/tyrant
archetype/corrupt_official
archetype/common_man_2
form/satire
histref/puritanism
Jul 24, 2026
Charles Dickens (Encyclopaedia Britannica)
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/literary_criticism
form/biography
concept/imagination
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/the_common_man
histref/victorian_england
setting/london
concept/poverty
character/wilkins_micawber
character/william_dorrit
character/samuel_pickwick
character/sam_weller
character/nathaniel_winkle
character/oliver_twist
character/mr_bumble
character/ralph_nickleby
character/vincent_crummles
character/barnaby_rudge
character/dick_swiveller
character/sampson_brass
character/little_nell
character/marchioness
character/martin_chuzzlewit
character/seth_pecksniff
character/sairey_gamp
character/nicodemus_boffin
character/paul_dombey
character/david_copperfield
character/james_steerforth
character/dora_spenlow
character/richard_carstone
character/mrs_jellyby
character/thomas_gradgrind
character/mr_merdle
character/edwin_drood
character/john_dickens
character/catherine_dickens
character/mr_chadband
concept/satire_of_society
concept/reform
concept/imprisonment
concept/greed_and_money
concept/democracy
concept/grotesque
concept/exaggeration
motif/fog_and_smoke
motif/prison
motif/home
setting/america
setting/italy
setting/rural_england
archetype/fool
archetype/self_made_man
form/sketch
form/christmas_story_novella
form/detective_fiction
form/historical_novel
form/bildungsroman
form/social_novel_novel_of_manners
histref/industrial_revolution
histref/french_revolution
histref/puritanism
Jul 24, 2026
De Profundis
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/wilde
character/christ
archetype/christ_figure
archetype/martyr
archetype/outcast_wanderer
archetype/scapegoat
concept/humility
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/conversion
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/self_and_soul
concept/melancholy
concept/guilt
concept/faith
concept/individualism
concept/beauty
motif/the_cross
motif/suffering
motif/prison
motif/letters_writing
motif/bread_and_wine_eucharist
motif/seasons
motif/money_gold
topos/katabasis_descent
topos/fall_from_innocence
form/autobiography
form/essay
histref/christianity
histref/the_bible
histref/dante
histref/greek_tragedy
Jul 24, 2026
Danton: A Study
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/belloc
form/biography
form/history
concept/popular_revolution
concept/reform
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/justice_right_and_wrong
concept/power_and_corruption
motif/blood
motif/gallows
motif/prison
motif/battlefield_2
histref/french_revolution
histref/napoleon
setting/france
setting/paris
character/robespierre
character/napoleon
archetype/tragic_hero
archetype/rebel
topos/fortunes_wheel
Jul 24, 2026
The Catholic Church and Conversion
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
concept/conversion
histref/catholic_church
concept/faith
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/truth
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/martyrdom
form/apologetics
histref/christianity
concept/distributism
concept/paganism_and_classical_revival
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/class_conflict
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/paradox
concept/appearance_vs_reality
topos/world_upside_down
topos/journey_of_life
motif/prison
motif/window
motif/ship_2
archetype/pilgrim
form/essay
histref/ancient_rome
histref/reformation
histref/puritanism
histref/romantic_movement_sensibility
histref/renaissance
histref/first_world_war
histref/dante
histref/john_henry_newman
histref/pope_leo_xiii
Jul 24, 2026
Charles Dickens
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/biography
form/literary_criticism
concept/the_common_man
concept/social_injustice
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/joy
concept/reform
concept/heroism
histref/victorian_england
histref/the_industrial_revolution
setting/london
motif/the_city
motif/money_gold
concept/poverty
character/samuel_pickwick
character/sam_weller
character/wilkins_micawber
character/nicholas_nickleby
character/oliver_twist
character/david_copperfield
character/fagin
character/seth_pecksniff
character/daniel_quilp
character/wackford_squeers
character/sairey_gamp
character/ebenezer_scrooge
character/mr_bumble
character/dick_swiveller
character/paul_dombey
character/mr_sapsea
character/susan_nipper
character/vincent_crummles
character/harold_skimpole
character/amy_dorrit
character/edward_murdstone
character/dora_spenlow
character/agnes_wickfield
character/miss_havisham
character/pip
character/mr_toots
character/mr_guppy
character/uncle_pumblechook
concept/democracy
concept/grotesque
concept/imprisonment
concept/optimism
motif/fog_and_smoke
motif/prison
archetype/fool
form/melodrama
form/christmas_story_novella
histref/america
histref/french_revolution
Jul 24, 2026
Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/literary_criticism
form/essay
concept/the_common_man
concept/social_injustice
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/reform
concept/satire_of_society
histref/the_french_revolution
histref/victorian_england
motif/the_city
character/sam_weller
character/samuel_pickwick
character/nathaniel_winkle
character/augustus_snodgrass
character/tracy_tupman
character/tony_weller
character/nicholas_nickleby
character/wackford_squeers
character/madeline_bray
character/vincent_crummles
character/oliver_twist
character/bill_sikes
character/nancy
character/mr_bumble
character/fagin
character/little_nell
character/dick_swiveller
character/marchioness
character/daniel_quilp
character/sally_brass
character/sampson_brass
character/kit_nubbles
character/simon_tappertit
character/sir_john_chester
character/barnaby_rudge
character/grip_the_raven
character/seth_pecksniff
character/sairey_gamp
character/martin_chuzzlewit
character/old_martin_chuzzlewit
character/jonas_chuzzlewit
character/ebenezer_scrooge
character/captain_cuttle
character/florence_dombey
character/paul_dombey
character/edith_granger
character/david_copperfield
character/wilkins_micawber
character/betsey_trotwood
character/clara_peggotty
character/dora_spenlow
character/agnes_wickfield
character/james_steerforth
character/little_emily
character/krook
character/jo_the_crossing_sweeper
character/richard_carstone
character/harold_skimpole
character/mrs_jellyby
character/sir_leicester_dedlock
character/josiah_bounderby
character/thomas_gradgrind
character/stephen_blackpool
character/william_dorrit
character/amy_dorrit
character/arthur_clennam
character/mrs_clennam
character/sydney_carton
character/pip
character/joe_gargery
character/mrs_joe_gargery
character/silas_wegg
character/nicodemus_boffin
character/bradley_headstone
character/john_jasper
character/john_harmon
character/lizzie_hexam
character/aaron
character/ralph_nickleby
character/smike
character/cheeryble_brothers
character/monks
character/bella_wilfer
character/mr_venus
character/john_jarndyce
character/ada_clare
character/esther_summerson
character/durdles
character/helena_landless
character/neville_landless
character/rosa_bud
character/mr_grewgious
character/mr_crisparkle
character/trotty_veck
character/alfred_jingle
character/mrs_bardell
character/mr_podsnap
character/mr_veneering
character/mr_lammle
character/mr_fledgeby
character/toots
character/major_bagstock
character/cousin_feenix
character/mrs_nickleby
character/mrs_skewton
character/caddy_jellyby
character/trabb_s_boy
character/mrs_lirriper
concept/grotesque
concept/poverty
concept/crime_and_punishment
concept/imprisonment
concept/democracy
concept/charity
concept/hope
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/education
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/hypocrisy
concept/sentimentality
motif/fog_and_smoke
motif/prison
motif/christmas
setting/london
setting/america
setting/italy
setting/industrial_city
setting/paris
archetype/detective
archetype/orphan
form/satire
form/detective_fiction
form/melodrama
form/historical_novel
form/bildungsroman
form/travel_writing
form/fairy_tale_fantasy
form/novel
histref/industrial_revolution
histref/puritanism