The Return of Don Quixote (1927)

by G. K. Chesterton

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Michael Herne is a gentle, unassuming librarian. When he is asked to play a king in a medieval play he reluctantly agrees. After the play is over, however, strange things begin to happen. Michael refuses to change back into his everyday clothes and other actors find it impossible to return to their real character. Set in the early 20th Century, this is the intriguing story of the rise of a new Don Quixote who introduces a medieval government into the world of big business.… (more)

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GKC trying to square the circle: to reconcile his affection for the Middle Ages (which he idealised a lot) and his affection for the working class and 'ordinary' people (whom he idealised a bit) - and surprisingly more or less succeeding. (While of course, in his own inimitable penetrating style, touching in passing upon several other subjects.) One of his best works. (

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El Club Diógenes (215)

Tauchnitz Collection of British and American Authors (4785)

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The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 08: The Return of Don Quixote, Tales of the Long Bow, The Man Who Knew Too Much by G.K. Chesterton

Der G. K. Chesterton Omnibus 2 by Gilbert K. Chesterton

Napoleon z Notting Hillu ; Létající hospoda ; Návrat Dona Quijota (The Napoleon of Notting Hill, The Flying Inn, The Return of Don Quixote) by G.K. Chesterton

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Michael Herne is a gentle, unassuming librarian. When he is asked to play a king in a medieval play he reluctantly agrees. After the play is over, however, strange things begin to happen. Michael refuses to change back into his everyday clothes and other actors find it impossible to return to their real character. Set in the early 20th Century, this is the intriguing story of the rise of a new Don Quixote who introduces a medieval government into the world of big business.

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