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What's Wrong With the World

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936) has been called the “prince of paradox.” Time magazine observed of his writing style: “Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out.” His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy and detective fiction.

The title of Chesteron’s 1910 collection of essays was inspired by a title given to him two years earlier by The Times newspaper, which had asked a number of authors to write on the topic: “What’s wrong with the world?”. Chesterton’s answer at that time was the shortest of those submitted - he simply wrote: “Dear Sirs, I am. Sincerely yours, G.K. Chesterton”. In this collection he gives a fuller treatment of the question, with his characteristic conservative wit. (Summary by Wikipedia and Carl Manchester)

Year of Publication: 1910Genres: Essays & Short Works , Humor , Political Science

Running Time: 7 hours 04 minutes 33 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Dedication LibertusMaximus	3:02
2	The Medical Mistake LibertusMaximus	7:43
3	Wanted, an Unpractical Man LibertusMaximus	10:29
4	The New Hypocrite Jordan	13:06
5	The Fear of the Past dlorimer	9:22
6	The Unfinished Temple Jordan	12:06
7	The Enemies of Property pattymarie	9:51
8	The Free Family Jeannie	8:05
9	The Wildness of Domesticity Zloot	8:54
10	History of Hudge and Gudge Craig Campbell	11:03
11	Oppression by Optimism Houldsworth1	6:36
12	The Homelessness of Jones Houldsworth1	9:21
13	The Charm of Jingoism Craig Campbell	8:21
14	Wisdom and the Weather davevoelker	14:12
15	The Common Vision Jeannie	7:11
16	The Insane Necessity Zloot	14:37
17	The Unmilitary Sufragette Houldsworth1	6:50
18	The Universal Stick dlorimer	13:55
19	The Emancipation of Domesticity NickNumber	10:06
20	The Romance of Thrift Anne Cheng	11:36
21	The Coldness of Chloe von	8:35
22	The Pedant and the Savage von	6:24
23	The Modern Surrender of Woman pattymarie	8:03
24	The Brand of the Fleur-de-Lys von	6:42
25	Sincerity and the Gallows Craig Campbell	6:49
26	The Higher Anarchy Ransom	8:25
27	The Queen and the Suffragettes Ransom	3:44
28	The Modern Slave Ransom	7:12
29	The Calvanism of To-day Gary Gilberd	5:20
30	The Tribal Terror Gary Gilberd	5:59
31	The Tricks of Environment breathe	4:35
32	The Truth About Education breathe	6:03
33	An Evil Cry breathe	6:25
34	Authority the Unavoidable Craig Campbell	10:02
35	The Humility of Mrs Grundy von	8:15
36	The Broken Rainbow valli	11:04
37	The Need for Narrowness von	5:11
38	The Case for Public Schools valli	15:47
39	The School for Hypocrites Craig Campbell	12:32
40	The Staleness of the New Schools Jeannie	6:42
41	The Outlawed Parent Craig Campbell	7:20
42	Folly and Female Education Alana Jordan	8:26
43	The Empire of the Insect David Barnes	14:17
44	The Fallacy of the Umbrella Stand Raerity	8:34
45	The Dreadful Duty of Gudge Craig Campbell	6:16
46	A Last Instance Jeannie	2:34
47	Conclusion Jeannie	8:45
48	Three Notes Alana Jordan	8:06