Man Who Was Thursday, A Nightmare, The by G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
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In a surreal turn-of-the-century London, Gabriel Syme, a poet, is recruited to a secret anti-anarchist task force at Scotland Yard. Lucian Gregory, an anarchist poet, is the only poet in Saffron Park, until he loses his temper in an argument over the purpose of poetry with Gabriel Syme, who takes the opposite view. After some time, the frustrated Gregory finds Syme and leads him to a local anarchist meeting-place to prove that he is a true anarchist. Instead of the anarchist Gregory getting elected, the officer Syme uses his wits and is elected as the local representative to the worldwide Central Council of Anarchists. The Council consisting of seven men, each using the name of a day of the week as a code name; Syme is given the name of Thursday... (Summary from Wikipedia)
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In a surreal turn-of-the-century London, Gabriel Syme, a poet, is recruited to a secret anti-anarchist task force at Scotland Yard. Lucian Gregory, an anarchist poet, is the only poet in Saffron Park, until he loses his temper in an argument over the purpose of poetry with Gabriel Syme, who takes the opposite view. After some time, the frustrated Gregory finds Syme and leads him to a local anarchist meeting-place to prove that he is a true anarchist. Instead of the anarchist Gregory getting elected, the officer Syme uses his wits and is elected as the local representative to the worldwide Central Council of Anarchists. The Council consisting of seven men, each using the name of a day of the week as a code name; Syme is given the name of Thursday... (Summary from Wikipedia)
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English
THE ACCUSER
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THE SIX PHILOSOPHERS
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THE PURSUIT OF THE PRESIDENT
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THE EARTH IN ANARCHY
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THE CRIMINALS CHASE THE POLICE
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THE DUEL
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THE MAN IN SPECTACLES
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THE PROFESSOR EXPLAINS
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THE UNACCOUNTABLE CONDUCT OF PROFESSOR DE WORMS
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THE EXPOSURE
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THE FEAST OF FEAR
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THE TALE OF A DETECTIVE
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THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY
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THE SECRET OF GABRIEL SYME
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THE TWO POETS OF SAFFRON PARK
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Dedication (poem): To Edmund Clerihew Bentley
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