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Manalive

Manalive

Chesterton, G. K.

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HumorMystery & ThrillerClassic Fiction

ISBN10: 1684220785
ISBN13: 9781684220786
Publisher: Martino Fine Books
Published: Feb 23 2017
Pages: 134
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.31 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

2017 Reprint of 1912 Edition. Manalive (1912) is a book by G. K. Chesterton detailing a popular theme both in his own philosophy, and in Christianity, that of the holy fool, such as in Dostoevsky's The Idiot and Cervantes' Don Quixote. This is a book in two parts. The first, The Enigma of Innocent Smith, concerns the arrival of a new tenant at Beacon House, a London boarding establishment. Like Mary Poppins, this man (who is tentatively identified by lodger Arthur Inglewood as an ex-schoolmate named Innocent Smith) is accompanied by a great wind, and he breathes new life into the household with his games and antics. However, when the household is at its happiest two doctors appear with awful news: Smith is wanted on charges of burglary, desertion of a spouse, polygamy, and attempted murder. The fact that Smith almost immediately fires several shots from a revolver at Inglewood's friend Dr. Herbert Warner seems to confirm the worst. Before Smith can be taken to a jail or an asylum, Michael Moon declares that the case falls under the purview of the High Court of Beacon and suggests that the household investigate the matter before involving the authorities or the press.

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