by Belloc · Cluster: Satirical Novel · Politics and Finance · Edwardian England
Abstract
A satirical novel of Edwardian finance and public life in which a modest Croydon speculator, Mr. Clutterbuck, is swept from suburban ease to affluence and Parliament through the shady dealings of company-promotion and the corruptions of the electoral machine. Set against the imperial afterglow of the Boer War, it lampoons the plutocracy, the party system and the venality binding money to power. Dedicated to G. K. Chesterton, it is a Chesterbelloc broadside against political finance.
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Forms & Genres: Novel, Satire Themes & Concepts: Satire of Society, Money and Avarice, Capitalism, Empire and Imperialism, Democracy, Hypocrisy, Power and Corruption, Class Conflict, Economics, History Motifs: Money and Gold, City, Wine and Drink Historical References: Boer War (Second South African War), Marconi Scandal, British Empire Settings: London, Rural England Characters: G. K. Chesterton Archetypes: Self-Made Man, Corrupt Official Topoi: World Upside Down