Manalive
G. K. Chesterton
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Description
A great wind brings Innocent Smith to Beacon House, and with him come strange luggage, a banner, and a habit of breaking rules for reasons no one can guess. His housemates watch him climb roofs, wave banners, and court danger, and half of them suspect him of murder, burglary, and worse.
The second half of the book answers every charge, one by one, and the answers reframe Smith's wild acts as a deliberate celebration of ordinary life. Chesterton's point is that habit dulls wonder, and Smith's antics are meant to wake his friends up. It is a comic defence of joy, argued through farce and finished with a trial.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | G. K. Chesterton |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 323 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |