by Belloc · Cluster: Familiar Essay · Paradox · The Common Man
Abstract
A collection of Belloc’s familiar ‘On …’ essays ranging over travel, letters, controversy, climate and the modern world, mixing whimsy with satire. Pieces such as ‘On an Educational Reform’ propose teaching Fraud as the master subject of modern commercial success, skewering the money-getting ethos of the age.
Capitoli / Chapters
- ON ACHMET BOULEE BEY
- ON KIND HEARTS BEING MORE THAN CORONETS
- FOOTNOTES:
- A FEW KIND WORDS TO MAMMON
- ON TREVES
Connections
Forms & Genres: Essay, Satire, Nonfiction Themes & Concepts: Satire of Society, Critique of Progress, Money and Avarice, Deception, Wit, Longing, Economics Motifs: Road, Sea, Book Reading, Wine and Drink, Sea and Voyage Historical References: Virgil Settings: Paris, Continental Europe (Brussels), Sea (2), Europe