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topos/world_upside_down
120 items with this tag.
Jul 24, 2026
William Cobbett
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/biography
form/essay
form/apologetics
concept/distributism
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/the_common_man
concept/reform
concept/social_injustice
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/class_conflict
concept/poverty
concept/honour
archetype/self_made_man
archetype/prophet
archetype/rebel
topos/world_upside_down
motif/the_journey
histref/the_industrial_revolution
histref/the_french_revolution
setting/rural_england
character/william_cobbett
character/thomas_paine
character/william_pitt
character/robert_peel
character/daniel_o_connell
concept/truth
concept/paradox
concept/martyrdom
concept/education
concept/loneliness
concept/greatness
concept/democracy
concept/money_and_avarice
topos/golden_age
motif/storm
motif/fog_and_smoke
motif/bees
motif/road
motif/horse
motif/cross
motif/great_house
setting/america
setting/london
archetype/martyr_saint
archetype/tragic_hero
archetype/outsider
form/literary_criticism
histref/reformation
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/regency_georgian_england
Jul 24, 2026
What's Wrong with the World
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
concept/distributism
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/social_injustice
concept/the_common_man
concept/reform
concept/education
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/satire_of_society
concept/class_conflict
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
form/essay
form/apologetics
form/satire
histref/the_industrial_revolution
histref/victorian_england
setting/industrial_city
topos/world_upside_down
character/jones
character/hudge
character/gudge
character/mrs_grundy
character/george_bernard_shaw
concept/feminism
concept/family
concept/socialism
motif/home
motif/insects
motif/machine
archetype/common_man_2
histref/french_revolution
histref/puritanism
histref/reformation
Jul 24, 2026
Vera, or The Nihilists
graph/work
setting/europe
author/wilde
form/tragedy
form/verse_drama
form/melodrama
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/revenge
concept/love_romantic
concept/martyrdom
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/deception
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/social_injustice
concept/reform
topos/world_upside_down
topos/love_as_religion
topos/love_death
archetype/tyrant
archetype/rebel
archetype/martyr
archetype/avenger
archetype/lover
archetype/christ_figure
motif/blood
motif/death
motif/swords_weapons
motif/poison
motif/crown
motif/masks_disguise
motif/the_cross
motif/winter
motif/nightingale
motif/letters_writing
histref/christianity
histref/the_bible
character/christ
setting/russia
setting/the_court
character/vera_sabouroff
character/prince_paul_maraloffski
character/czarevitch_alexis
character/czar_ivan
character/michael
Jul 24, 2026
The Logical Vegetarian
graph/work
author/chesterton
form/song
form/satire
concept/paradox
concept/satire_of_society
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/the_inn_tavern
concept/critique_of_progress
character/dalroy
concept/fanaticism
concept/self_deception
topos/world_upside_down
motif/food_and_feasting
archetype/fool
Jul 24, 2026
The Higher Unity
graph/work
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/satire
form/ballad
concept/satire_of_society
concept/faith
histref/christianity
concept/martyrdom
character/isaiah_bunter
concept/union
concept/fanaticism
concept/paradox
topos/world_upside_down
motif/food_and_feasting
motif/cannibalism
setting/solomon_islands
archetype/martyr_saint
form/epigram
form/comic_verse_song
histref/eastern_religion_comparative_religion
histref/kikuyu_controversy
Jul 24, 2026
By the Babe Unborn
graph/work
author/chesterton
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/innocence_and_experience
motif/dreams
motif/night
motif/light_and_dark
concept/childhood_and_growth
form/lyric
concept/desire_and_longing
concept/imagination
concept/imprisonment
topos/world_upside_down
motif/storm
motif/fire
motif/eyes_and_sight
motif/door
archetype/child
form/dramatic_monologue
Jul 24, 2026
Two Kinds of Paradox
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/literary_criticism
form/aphorism
concept/paradox
concept/imagination
concept/truth
concept/the_artist_and_society
topos/world_upside_down
concept/satire_of_society
concept/power_of_language
concept/creative_sterility
concept/nonsense
form/epigram
histref/lewis_carroll
histref/edward_lear
histref/bernard_shaw
histref/oscar_wilde
histref/friedrich_nietzsche
histref/holbrook_jackson
Jul 24, 2026
On Turnpikes and Medievalism
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/satire
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/paradox
concept/satire_of_society
concept/justice
motif/the_road
histref/medieval_england
character/pitt
character/dundas
concept/reform
concept/social_injustice
topos/world_upside_down
motif/machine
form/aphorism
histref/dante
histref/regency_georgian_england
Jul 24, 2026
TWELFTH NIGHT
graph/work
author/shakespeare
form/comedy
form/verse_drama
concept/love_romantic
concept/identity
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/deception
concept/satire_of_society
concept/melancholy
topos/world_upside_down
topos/love_as_religion
archetype/fool
archetype/trickster
archetype/lover
motif/masks_disguise
motif/music_and_song
motif/letters_writing
motif/the_sea
motif/clothing
character/viola
character/orsino
character/olivia
character/malvolio
character/sir_toby_belch
character/sir_andrew_aguecheek
character/feste
character/maria
character/sebastian
Jul 24, 2026
The Trees of Pride
graph/work
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/detective_fiction
form/short_story
concept/rationcination_detection
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/doubt
concept/pride
concept/the_common_man
motif/the_supernatural
motif/the_sea
archetype/detective
archetype/villain
setting/rural_england
character/woodcutter
character/young_fisherman
character/squire_vane
character/barbara_vane
character/cyprian_paynter
character/john_treherne
character/andrew_ashe
character/dr_burton_brown
character/miles
concept/deception
concept/justice_right_and_wrong
concept/crime_and_punishment
concept/guilt
concept/class_conflict
topos/sleeper_awakes
topos/world_upside_down
motif/enchanted_wood
motif/well
motif/serpent_snake
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
motif/disease_and_contagion
motif/birds
motif/poison
setting/sea_2
setting/underworld_cave
archetype/trickster
archetype/outsider
histref/elizabethan_england
Jul 24, 2026
Tremendous Trifles
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/satire
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/imagination
concept/paradox
concept/the_common_man
concept/joy
concept/humility
concept/satire_of_society
motif/eyes_sight
motif/the_journey
setting/london
character/robin_hood
character/parkinson
character/father_christmas
character/president_kruger
character/charles_dickens
concept/democracy
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/paganism_and_classical_revival
topos/world_upside_down
topos/temptation_2
motif/fire
motif/ghosts
motif/wind
setting/paris
setting/continental_europe_brussels
archetype/satanic_figure
archetype/ghost
form/travel_writing
form/ballad_ballade
form/sketch
histref/french_revolution
histref/crusades
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/boer_war_second_south_african_war
Jul 24, 2026
Transpositions
graph/work
author/whitman
topos/world_upside_down
concept/reform
concept/satire_of_society
concept/justice
form/epigram
Jul 24, 2026
The Man Who Was Thursday
graph/work
setting/europe
concept/history
author/chesterton
character/gabriel_syme
character/lucian_gregory
character/sunday
character/rosamond_gregory
character/the_secretary
character/dr_bull
character/professor_de_worms
character/marquis_de_st_eustache
character/gogol
character/colonel_ducroix
concept/order_vs_chaos
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
concept/identity
concept/fear
concept/paradox
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/providence
concept/anarchism
topos/double
topos/world_upside_down
topos/quest
topos/katabasis_descent
topos/theatrum_mundi
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
motif/clothing_and_costume
motif/light_and_dark
motif/eyes_and_sight
motif/fire
motif/garden
motif/sun
setting/london
setting/river_thames
setting/rural_england
setting/underworld_cave
setting/sea_2
setting/france
archetype/detective
archetype/trickster
archetype/rebel
archetype/satanic_figure
archetype/double_doppelganger
archetype/christ_figure
form/novel
form/detective_fiction
form/allegory
histref/french_revolution
histref/bible
histref/christianity
histref/greek_mythology
histref/roman_history
Jul 24, 2026
TIMON OF ATHENS
graph/work
author/shakespeare
form/tragedy
form/satire
form/verse_drama
form/blank_verse
concept/misanthropy
concept/friendship
concept/satire_of_society
concept/social_injustice
concept/alienation
concept/deception
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/mortality
concept/pride
topos/fortunes_wheel
topos/contemptus_mundi
topos/world_upside_down
archetype/outcast_wanderer
archetype/tragic_hero
motif/money_gold
motif/food_feasting
motif/the_grave
motif/animals
histref/classical_antiquity
histref/ancient_greece
setting/ancient_greece
character/timon
character/apemantus
character/alcibiades
character/flavius
character/lucullus
character/lucius
character/sempronius
Jul 24, 2026
The Young King
graph/work
concept/economics
author/wilde
concept/social_injustice
concept/poverty
concept/class_conflict
concept/beauty
concept/conversion
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/humility
topos/the_sleeper_awakes
topos/dance_of_death
topos/world_upside_down
archetype/king
archetype/christ_figure
archetype/orphan
archetype/prophet
motif/dreams
motif/crown
motif/clothing
motif/money_gold
motif/blood
motif/the_sea
motif/white_and_red
motif/death
motif/the_cross
form/fairy_tale
form/allegory
histref/christianity
histref/the_bible
setting/the_castle
character/christ
character/the_young_king
Jul 24, 2026
The Crimes of England
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/satire
concept/satire_of_society
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/power_and_corruption
histref/the_first_world_war
histref/the_reformation
character/frederick_the_great
character/napoleon
character/napoleon_iii
character/bismarck
character/william_cobbett
character/kaiser_wilhelm_ii
character/duke_of_wellington
character/blucher
character/lord_salisbury
character/garibaldi
character/carlyle
character/maria_theresa
character/william_pitt
character/castlereagh
character/hans_andersen
concept/democracy
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/slavery
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/class_conflict
concept/common_man
topos/sleeper_awakes
topos/war_as_glory
topos/last_stand
topos/world_upside_down
motif/machine
motif/horse
motif/flags_and_banners
motif/blood
setting/germany
setting/denmark
setting/italy
setting/russia
setting/paris
setting/rural_england
setting/battlefield
setting/ireland
archetype/tyrant
archetype/villain
archetype/martyr_saint
archetype/hero
archetype/common_man_2
form/apologetics
histref/french_revolution
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/thirty_years_war
histref/irish_question
histref/catholic_church
Jul 24, 2026
THE TRAGEDY OF KING LEAR - THE FOLIO TEXT
graph/work
author/shakespeare
form/tragedy
form/blank_verse
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/madness
concept/justice
concept/the_natural_order
concept/order_vs_chaos
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/pride
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/doubt
topos/world_upside_down
topos/fortunes_wheel
topos/seven_ages_of_man
archetype/king
archetype/tragic_hero
archetype/fool
archetype/villain
archetype/outcast_wanderer
motif/storm
motif/madness
motif/eyes_sight
motif/clothing
motif/animals
setting/medieval_england
character/king_lear
character/cordelia
character/goneril
character/regan
character/edmund
character/edgar
character/gloucester
character/kent
character/the_fool
Jul 24, 2026
The Speaker
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/literary_criticism
form/essay
concept/friendship
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/joy
concept/faith
motif/letters_writing
concept/melancholy
character/christ
character/judas_iscariot
character/job
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/mortality
concept/eastern_religion_and_asceticism
concept/education
concept/suffering_and_pain
concept/wonder
concept/paradox
concept/the_woman_question
topos/vanitas
topos/memento_mori
topos/world_upside_down
motif/clothing_and_costume
motif/ghosts
form/sonnet
form/fairy_tale_fantasy
form/novel
histref/puritanism
histref/reformation
histref/catholic_church
histref/bible
histref/eastern_religion_comparative_religion
histref/boer_war
Jul 24, 2026
The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
graph/work
author/poe
topos/world_upside_down
archetype/trickster
motif/madness
concept/madness
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/satire_of_society
form/short_story
form/satire
Jul 24, 2026
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
graph/work
setting/europe
author/shakespeare
form/comedy
form/verse_drama
form/blank_verse
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/love_romantic
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/deception
concept/identity
concept/satire_of_society
topos/the_sleeper_awakes
topos/world_upside_down
topos/theatrum_mundi
topos/love_as_war
motif/masks_disguise
motif/marriage
motif/clothing
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/love
archetype/trickster
archetype/lover
archetype/fool
setting/italy
histref/elizabethan_england
character/katherina
character/petruchio
character/bianca
character/baptista
character/lucentio
character/tranio
character/grumio
character/hortensio
character/christopher_sly
Jul 24, 2026
The Soul of Man under Socialism
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/wilde
concept/individualism
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/poverty
concept/social_injustice
concept/reform
concept/satire_of_society
concept/self_and_soul
motif/money_gold
motif/rose
motif/childhood
motif/the_city
topos/golden_age
topos/world_upside_down
archetype/rebel
archetype/christ_figure
character/christ
form/essay
form/satire
form/aphorism
histref/victorian_england
histref/the_french_revolution
histref/christianity
setting/industrial_city
Jul 24, 2026
The Remarkable Rocket
graph/work
concept/economics
author/wilde
concept/pride
concept/satire_of_society
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/alienation
concept/deception
concept/class_conflict
topos/vanitas
topos/world_upside_down
archetype/fool
archetype/antihero
motif/fire
motif/animals
motif/marriage
motif/white_and_red
motif/water
motif/moon
form/fairy_tale
form/satire
form/fable
setting/the_court
character/the_remarkable_rocket
Jul 24, 2026
The Postmaster General
graph/work
concept/economics
author/belloc
form/novel
form/satire
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/money_and_avarice
concept/hypocrisy
concept/democracy
concept/capitalism
concept/satire_of_society
motif/money_and_gold
motif/letters_and_writing
motif/machine
setting/london
archetype/corrupt_official
topos/world_upside_down
Jul 24, 2026
The Pickwick Papers
graph/work
author/dickens
topos/the_open_road
topos/world_upside_down
topos/theatrum_mundi
archetype/fool
archetype/trickster
archetype/pilgrim
archetype/corrupt_official
motif/the_journey
motif/the_road
motif/the_inn_tavern
motif/food_feasting
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/money_gold
motif/the_supernatural
concept/satire_of_society
concept/justice
concept/social_injustice
concept/friendship
concept/deception
concept/innocence_and_experience
concept/poverty
form/novel
form/social_novel
form/satire
form/comedy
histref/victorian_england
setting/rural_england
setting/an_inn
setting/london
character/samuel_pickwick
character/sam_weller
character/tony_weller
character/alfred_jingle
character/nathaniel_winkle
character/augustus_snodgrass
character/tracy_tupman
character/mrs_bardell
Jul 24, 2026
The Mystery
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
author/chesterton
form/lyric
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/the_sublime
concept/paradox
topos/paradise_lost
topos/fall_from_innocence
topos/inexpressibility
motif/sun
motif/garden
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/wonder
topos/world_upside_down
topos/sublime_in_nature
motif/sea
setting/garden_2
form/ode
histref/bible
Jul 24, 2026
The Mercy of Allah
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
concept/economics
author/belloc
form/novel
form/satire
concept/money_and_avarice
concept/satire_of_society
concept/capitalism
concept/greed
concept/deception
concept/providence
concept/hypocrisy
motif/money_and_gold
motif/ship
motif/journey
motif/wine_and_drink
histref/islam_and_the_east
setting/orient
setting/desert
archetype/trickster
archetype/self_made_man
topos/world_upside_down
Jul 24, 2026
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
graph/work
author/shakespeare
topos/world_upside_down
archetype/fool
archetype/trickster
motif/masks_disguise
motif/letters_writing
motif/money_gold
concept/jealousy
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/deception
concept/satire_of_society
concept/lust
concept/the_common_man
form/comedy
form/verse_drama
setting/rural_england
histref/elizabethan_england
character/falstaff
character/mistress_ford
character/mistress_page
character/master_ford
character/master_page
character/mistress_quickly
character/anne_page
character/fenton
character/doctor_caius
Jul 24, 2026
The Missing Masterpiece
graph/work
setting/europe
concept/economics
author/belloc
form/novel
form/satire
form/comedy
concept/satire_of_society
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/artist_and_society
concept/deception
concept/money_and_avarice
concept/fame_and_publicity
concept/antisemitism
motif/money_and_gold
motif/book_reading
setting/paris
setting/france
setting/rural_england
archetype/artist
archetype/trickster
topos/world_upside_down
Jul 24, 2026
The Model Millionaire
graph/work
author/wilde
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/poverty
concept/satire_of_society
concept/love_romantic
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
topos/world_upside_down
archetype/innocent
archetype/trickster
archetype/lover
motif/money_gold
motif/masks_disguise
motif/clothing
motif/love
motif/marriage
form/short_story
form/satire
setting/london
histref/victorian_england
Jul 24, 2026
The Man That Was Used Up
graph/work
concept/economics
author/poe
concept/satire_of_society
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/the_grotesque
concept/heroism
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/identity
topos/world_upside_down
motif/masks_disguise
motif/clothing
motif/eyes_sight
archetype/hero
histref/the_industrial_revolution
form/satire
form/short_story
Jul 24, 2026
The Judgment of England
graph/work
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/epigram
form/lyric
concept/social_injustice
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/the_common_man
concept/critique_of_progress
motif/money_gold
motif/decay
histref/the_industrial_revolution
concept/apocalypse
concept/greed_and_money
topos/world_upside_down
topos/poet_as_prophet
setting/industrial_city
form/satire
histref/oliver_goldsmith
Jul 24, 2026
The Importance of Being Earnest
graph/work
concept/economics
author/wilde
concept/satire_of_society
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/deception
concept/identity
concept/class_conflict
topos/world_upside_down
topos/theatrum_mundi
topos/the_double
archetype/fool
archetype/trickster
archetype/lover
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Jul 24, 2026
THE HISTORY OF KING LEAR - THE QUARTO TEXT
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Jul 24, 2026
The Great Inquiry
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Jul 24, 2026
The Flying Inn
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Jul 24, 2026
THE FIRST PART OF THE CONTENTION - (2 HENRY VI)
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Jul 24, 2026
The Devil in the Belfry
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Jul 24, 2026
The Devoted Friend
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Jul 24, 2026
The Decay of Lying
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Jul 24, 2026
The Defendant
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Jul 24, 2026
The Canterville Ghost
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Jul 24, 2026
The Angry Street
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Jul 24, 2026
The Bad Child's Book of Beasts
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Jul 24, 2026
The Fallacy of Success
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Jul 24, 2026
The Spice of Life
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Jul 24, 2026
St. Francis of Assisi
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Jul 24, 2026
Songs of Education125
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Jul 24, 2026
Songs of Education
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Jul 24, 2026
Social Reform B.C
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Jul 24, 2026
Some Words with a Mummy
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Jul 24, 2026
George Bernard Shaw
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Jul 24, 2026
The Equality of Sexlessness
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Jul 24, 2026
RICHARD DUKE OF YORK - (3 HENRY VI)
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Jul 24, 2026
Reversals
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Jul 24, 2026
RECANTATION
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Jul 24, 2026
The Praise Of Dust
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Jul 24, 2026
The Poet and the Lunatics
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Jul 24, 2026
A DEFENCE of PENNY DREADFULS
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Jul 24, 2026
Orthodoxy
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Jul 24, 2026
The Old Song
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Jul 24, 2026
Of the Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles
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Jul 24, 2026
(Originally appeared in 'The Daily News', Oct. 16, 1909,
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Jul 24, 2026
The New Jerusalem
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Jul 24, 2026
The New Omar
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Jul 24, 2026
The Napoleon of Notting Hill
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Jul 24, 2026
Mr. Petre
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Jul 24, 2026
Mr. Clutterbuck's Election
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Jul 24, 2026
More Peers
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Jul 24, 2026
A Miscellany of Men
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Jul 24, 2026
More Beasts for Worse Children
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Jul 24, 2026
MEASURE FOR MEASURE
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Jul 24, 2026
Mellonta Tauta
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Jul 24, 2026
Manalive
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Jul 24, 2026
The Man Who Was Orthodox
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Jul 24, 2026
MACBETH
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Jul 24, 2026
For Lovers Only
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Jul 24, 2026
Tales of the Long Bow
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Jul 24, 2026
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
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Jul 24, 2026
A Little Litany
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Jul 24, 2026
La Sainte Courtisane
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Jul 24, 2026
Lady Windermere's Fan
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Jul 24, 2026
Introduction to the Book of Job
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Jul 24, 2026
Jones
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Jul 24, 2026
Irish Impressions
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Jul 24, 2026
The Innocence of Father Brown
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Jul 24, 2026
A Somewhat Improbable Story
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Jul 24, 2026
Hop-Frog
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Jul 24, 2026
The House of Christmas
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Jul 24, 2026
Humour
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How I Found the Superman
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Gloria in Profundis
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God in the Cave
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Jul 24, 2026
G.K. Chesterton
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Four Beasts in One-The Homo-Cameleopard
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Jul 24, 2026
Fancies versus Fads
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Jul 24, 2026
THE CASE for the EPHEMERAL
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Jul 24, 2026
The Donkey
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The Return of Don Quixote
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Diddling
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Jul 24, 2026
Do We Agree?
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Jul 24, 2026
The Convert
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The Catholic Church and Conversion
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Christmas and the First Games
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Christmas Poem
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Jul 24, 2026
COCKNEYS and THEIR JOKES
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Jul 24, 2026
Child Psychology and Nonsense
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Caliban's Guide to Letters
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Bon-Bon
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Jul 24, 2026
Barnaby Rudge
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BalladStBarbara
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Jul 24, 2026
The Ball and the Cross
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Jul 24, 2026
ON the DISASTROUS SPREAD of AESTHETICISM in ALL CLASSES
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Jul 24, 2026
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
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Jul 24, 2026
Alliterativism (1914)
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All I Survey
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Jul 24, 2026
A Woman of No Importance
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Jul 24, 2026
Abou ben Adhem
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Jul 24, 2026
A Tale of Jerusalem
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Jul 24, 2026
A Moral Alphabet
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Jul 24, 2026
A Child's History of England
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author/dickens
concept/satire_of_society
form/satire
form/parody
form/short_story
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/nostalgia
concept/pride
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/the_grotesque
concept/the_common_man
topos/world_upside_down
topos/theatrum_mundi
archetype/fool
archetype/corrupt_official
motif/masks_disguise
motif/the_road
motif/horse
motif/the_inn_tavern
histref/the_industrial_revolution
histref/victorian_england
setting/industrial_city