The Flying Inn

Name: The Flying Inn
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: G. K. Chesterton
ISBN: 9781802561456

Author: G. K. Chesterton

Narrator: James Harrington

Unabridged: 8 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Interactive Media

Published: 11/05/2024

Categories: Fiction, Psychological

Synopsis

Venture into the satirical and whimsical world of "The Flying Inn" by G.K. Chesterton, where humor and social commentary take flight. In a Britain where alcohol is nearly outlawed, Captain Patrick Dalroy and pub owner Humphrey Pump rebel by taking their mobile inn across the country. Armed with a barrel of rum and a wheel of cheese, they spread merriment and defy puritanical laws. Chesterton's rollicking tale critiques modernity, celebrating freedom, tradition, and the indomitable human spirit.

About G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was one of the most influential English writers of the twentieth century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography,Christian apologetics, fantasy, and detective fiction. Chesterton is well known for his reasoned apologetics, and even those who disagree with him have recognized the universal appeal of such works as Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man. Chesterton routinely referred to himself as an "orthodox" Christian and came to identify such a position with Catholicism more and more, eventually converting to Roman Catholicism. George Bernard Shaw, Chesterton's "friendly enemy" according to Time magazine, said of him, "He was a man of colossal genius."

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dave/Maggie on July 29, 2011

Yep. Chesterton again. Manic-depressive bastard that I am, I love his work and Joseph Conrad’s equally. Chesterton’s thinking is very similar to mine when I’m hypomanic, while Conrad’s is similar to mine when I endure depressive and "mixed" episodes. This book is a thoroughly enjoyable, manic romp a......more

Goodreads review by J. Aleksandr on January 08, 2021

Chesterton's essays are brimming with mini-parables and illustrative anecdotes, peopled by persons both historical and imagined. This story feels much as if he set out to write an essay, but the anecdotes took over: the characters broadened and clambered right out of the mini-parables and seized upo......more

Goodreads review by F.R. on January 12, 2015

Definite mixed emotions on picking up this one: eager to read, but trembling a tad at the prospect. Reading one hundred year old novels about the clash of cultures is something that will generally make your liberal leaning twenty-first century man (that’s me, by the way) quake with nerves. The world......more

Goodreads review by Manuel on February 12, 2022

ENGLISH: This is Chesterton at his best. In this book, one century ahead of his time, he foresees the current garrulousness about "an open and inter-religious education, rather than an exclusivist and intolerant religious indoctrination." He also foresees correctly the attempt to introduce Islam in E......more

Goodreads review by Cornelia on September 04, 2018

I miss those kind of stories-do they make it still nowadays? A satirical, humorous story that makes you curl with a soft blanket next to the fire sipping a hot chocolate and indulging yourself with earthly delights. Making fun of legalism or prohibition-Chesterton paints a picture so real. From find......more