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The Ball and the Cross

20 capítulos·8h 35min·English

The Ball and the Cross is G. K. Chesterton's third novel. In the introduction Martin Gardner notes that it is a "mixture of fantasy, farce and theology." Gardner continues: "Evan MacIan is a tall, dark-haired, blue-eyed Scottish Highlander and a devout Roman Catholic.... James Turnbull is a short, red-haired, gray-eyed Scottish Lowlander and a devout but naive atheist.... The two meet when MacIan smashes the window of the street office where Turnbull publishes an atheist journal. This act of rage occurs when MacIan sees posted on the shop's window a sheet that blasphemes the Virgin Mary, presumably implying she was an adulteress who gave birth to an illegitimate Jesus. When MacIan challenges Turnbull to a duel to the death, Turnbull is overjoyed. For twenty years no one had paid the slightest attention to his Bible bashing. Now at last someone is taking him seriously! Most of the rest of the story is a series of comic events in which the two enemies wander about seeking a spot for their duel." MacIan and Turnbull become friends as they protect each other from interference from the modern world, which has trivialized their views over life's most important question (the existence of God) and outlawed their honorable duel. The irony is heightened when they both fall in love with ladies who happen to hold to their opponent's deepest convictions. Professor Lucifer and a Bulgarian monk also play important roles in this perennially relevant story. (Summary by Matthew Heckel)

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Conteúdo da obra

Capítulos

Domínio público
1

A Discussion Somewhat in the Air

41 min · Matthew C. Heckel

2

The Religion of the Stipendiary Magistrate

31 min · Matthew C. Heckel

3

Some Old Curiosities

27 min · Matthew C. Heckel

4

A Discussion at Dawn

29 min · TriciaG

5

The Peacemaker

15 min · TriciaG

6

The Other Philosopher

29 min · TriciaG

7

The Village of Grassley-in-the-Hole

21 min · TriciaG

8

An Interlude of Argument

16 min · TriciaG

9

The Strange Lady

34 min · TriciaG

10

The Swords Rejoined

39 min · TriciaG

11

A Scandal in the Village

32 min · TriciaG

12

The Desert Island

19 min · TriciaG

13

The Garden of Peace

19 min · TriciaG

14

A Museum of Souls

31 min · TriciaG

15

The Dream of MacIan

16 min · TriciaG

16

The Dream of Turnbull

24 min · TriciaG

17

The Idiot

33 min · TriciaG

18

A Riddle of Faces

27 min · TriciaG

19

The Last Parley

17 min · TriciaG

20

Dies Irae

25 min · TriciaG