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desertblues · 07-20-2014, 04:16 AM

Some thoughts on this (rather quirky and delightful) book.
I wonder whether this book a satire on the very English concept of clubs and societies? British clubs and societies were widespread and powerful social institutions as early as the beginning of the 19th century and there are many of them these days.

Btw, there's a Chesterton Society in The USA http://www.chesterton.org
Edit: ......oops, excuses Bookwormgirl, you mentioned this in an earlier post.......

It certainly is a very British book, with the kind of humor found in Monty Python for example: his ministry of silly walks.http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_M...of_Silly_Walks

07-20-2014, 04:16 AM	#29
desertblues Home for the moment Posts: 5,127 Karma: 27718936 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: travelling Device: various	Some thoughts on this (rather quirky and delightful) book. I wonder whether this book a satire on the very English concept of clubs and societies? British clubs and societies were widespread and powerful social institutions as early as the beginning of the 19th century and there are many of them these days. Btw, there's a Chesterton Society in The USA http://www.chesterton.org Edit: ......oops, excuses Bookwormgirl, you mentioned this in an earlier post....... It certainly is a very British book, with the kind of humor found in Monty Python for example: his ministry of silly walks.http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_M...of_Silly_Walks Last edited by desertblues; 07-20-2014 at 04:23 AM.