What's Wrong with the World

By Chesterton, Gilbert Keith

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Title:	What's Wrong with the World
Author:	Chesterton, Gilbert Keith
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature & thought, Literature and history, Literature & philosophy
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Citation APA MLA Chicago Keith, 1874-193, C. G. (n.d.). Whats Wrong with the World. Retrieved from https://self.gutenberg.org/

Excerpt
My Dear Charles, I originally called this book ?What is Wrong,? and it would have satisfied your sardonic temper to note the number of social misunderstandings that arose from the use of the title. Many a mild lady visitor opened her eyes when I remarked casually, ?I have been doing ?What is Wrong? all this morning.? And one minister of religion moved quite sharply in his chair when I told him (as he understood it) that I had to run upstairs and do what was wrong, but should be down again in a minute. Exactly of what occult vice they silently accused me I cannot conjecture, but I know of what I accuse myself; and that is, of having written a very shapeless and inadequate book, and one quite unworthy to be dedicated to you. As far as literature goes, this book is what is wrong and no mistake.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS PART ONE: THE HOMELESSNESS OF MAN I The Medical Mistake II Wanted: An Unpractical Man III The New Hypocrite IV The Fear of the Past V The Unfinished Temple VI The Enemies of Property VII The Free Family XIII The Wildness of Domesticity IX History of Hudge and Gudge X Oppression by Optimism XI The Homelessness of Jones PART TWO: IMPERIALISM, OR THE MISTAKE ABOUT MAN I The Charm of Jingoism II Wisdom and the Weather III The Common Vision IV The Insane Necessity PART THREE: FEMINISM, OR THE MISTAKE ABOUT WOMAN I The Unmilitary Suffragette II The Universal Stick III The Emancipation of Domesticity IV The Romance of Thrift V The Coldness of Chloe VI The Pedant and the Savage VII The Modern Surrender of Woman VIII The Brand of the Fleur-de-Lis IX Sincerity and the Gallows X The Higher Anarchy XI The Queen and the Suffragettes XII The Modern Slave 3