The Man Who was Thursday, A Nightmare
by G.K. Chesterton · Free audiobook · 16 chapters
LibriVox recording of The Man who was Thursday, a Nightmare , by G.K. Chesterton. Read by Zachary Brewster-Geisz. In a surreal turn-of-the-century London, Gabriel Syme, a poet, is recruited to a secret anti-anarchist taskforce at Scotland Yard. Lucian Gregory, an anarchist poet, is the only poet in Saffron Park, until he loses his temper in an argument over the purpose of poetry with Gabriel Syme, who takes the opposite view. After some time, the frustrated Gregory finds Syme and leads him to a local anarchist meeting-place to prove that he is a true anarchist. Instead of the anarchist Gregory getting elected, the officer Syme uses his wits and is elected as the local representative to the worldwide Central Council of Anarchists. The Council consisting of seven men, each using the name of a day of the week as a code name; Syme is given the name of Thursday... (Summary from Wikipedia) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats or languages (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B (165MB)
Chapters
- 1. 00 - Dedication4:14
- 2. 01 - The Two Poets of Saffron Park22:58
- 3. 02 - The Secret of Gabriel Syme17:45
- 4. 03 - The Man Who Was Thursday24:00
- 5. 04 - The Tale of a Detective21:52
- 6. 05 - The Feast of Fear20:31
- 7. 06 - The Exposure18:55
- 8. 07 - The Unaccountable Conduct of Professor de Worms19:32
- 9. 08 - The Professor Explains27:18
- 10. 09 - The Man in Spectacles34:02
- 11. 10 - The Duel34:24
- 12. 11 - The Criminals Chase the Police18:31
- 13. 12 - The Earth in Anarchy31:00
- 14. 13 - The Pursuit of the President21:41
- 15. 14 - The Six Philosophers24:21
- 16. 15 - The Accuser19:29