The Napoleon of Notting Hill
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The Napoleon of Notting Hill is a novel written by G. K. Chesterton in 1904, set in a nearly unchanged London in 1984.
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Author | G. K. Chesterton |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Speculative fiction, political satire |
Publisher | Bodley Head (first edition) |
Publication date | 1904 |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 300 pp |
ISBN | 0-486-26551-X (recent edition) |
OCLC | 22346022 |
823/.912 20 | |
LC Class | PR4453.C4 N3 1991 |
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Although the novel is set in the future, it is, in effect, set in an alternative reality of Chesterton's own period, with no advances in technology nor changes in the class system or attitudes of the time. It postulates an impersonal government, not described in any detail, but apparently content to operate through a figurehead king, who is randomly chosen.