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Originally Posted by desertblues
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.
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Great insight, of course you're right. Swinburne's laundry list of his clubs at the beginning should tip us off, but that aspect went right by me. I think generally speaking, Chesterton doesn't want to épater la bourgeoisie exactly, he's too conservative for that, but he does want to skewer them a bit and make them uncomfortable.