Song Against Songs, The

By Chesterton, G. K.

Book Id: WPLBN0002953963
Format Type:
File Size: 8.35 MB
Reproduction Date: 2011

Title:	Song Against Songs, The
Author:	Chesterton, G. K.
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Poetry, Adventure, Humor
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Song Against Songs, The
Historic Publication Date:	1915
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago K. Chesterto, B. G. (1915). Song Against Songs, The. Retrieved from http://self.gutenberg.org/

Description
volunteers bring you 9 recordings of The Song Against Songs by G. K. Chesterton. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for October 16, 2011. Chesterton was a large man, standing 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and weighing around 21 stone (130 kg; 290 lb). His girth gave rise to a famous anecdote. During World War I a lady in London asked why he was not 'out at the Front'; he replied, 'If you go round to the side, you will see that I am.' On another occasion he remarked to his friend George Bernard Shaw: To look at you, anyone would think a famine had struck England. Shaw retorted, To look at you, anyone would think you have caused it. P. G. Wodehouse once described a very loud crash as a sound like Chesterton falling onto a sheet of tin.( Summary from Wikipedia )

Summary
Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

Excerpt
Adventure, Humor, Music, Philosophy, Satire, Poetry