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Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays

by G. K. Chesterton

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Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays is available in the Project Gutenberg source edition credited to G. K. Chesterton. Catalog subjects include Great Britain -- Social conditions; Great Britain -- Politics and government. This edition retains the source text, including any introductory material and notes.

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B2–C1 · Deep reading

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Table of contents

20 chapters

  1. 01A SONG OF SWORDS2 min
  2. 02UTOPIA OF USURERS47 min
  3. 03THE ESCAPE2 min
  4. 04THE NEW RAID4 min
  5. 05THE NEW NAME7 min
  6. 06A WORKMAN’S HISTORY OF ENGLAND6 min
  7. 07THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND THE IRISH6 min
  8. 08LIBERALISM: A SAMPLE5 min
  9. 09THE FATIGUE OF FLEET STREET5 min
  10. 10THE AMNESTY FOR AGGRESSION6 min
  11. 11REVIVE THE COURT JESTER7 min
  12. 12THE ART OF MISSING THE POINT5 min
  13. 13THE SERVILE STATE AGAIN6 min
  14. 14THE EMPIRE OF THE IGNORANT5 min
  15. 15THE SYMBOLISM OF KRUPP5 min
  16. 16THE TOWER OF BEBEL6 min
  17. 17A REAL DANGER7 min
  18. 18THE DREGS OF PURITANISM5 min
  19. 19THE TYRANNY OF BAD JOURNALISM6 min
  20. 20THE POETRY OF THE REVOLUTION6 min
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