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
Duration:00:21:41
THE EARTH IN ANARCHY
Duration:00:31:00
THE CRIMINALS CHASE THE POLICE
Duration:00:18:31
THE DUEL
Duration:00:34:24
THE MAN IN SPECTACLES
Duration:00:34:02
THE PROFESSOR EXPLAINS
Duration:00:27:18
THE UNACCOUNTABLE CONDUCT OF PROFESSOR DE WORMS
Duration:00:19:32
THE EXPOSURE
Duration:00:18:55
THE FEAST OF FEAR
Duration:00:20:31
THE TALE OF A DETECTIVE
Duration:00:21:52
THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY
Duration:00:24:00
THE SECRET OF GABRIEL SYME
Duration:00:17:45
THE TWO POETS OF SAFFRON PARK
Duration:00:22:58
Dedication (poem): To Edmund Clerihew Bentley
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