Orwell on Chesterton

Andy Robertson · 11 Jan 2005, 13:50 · from 2005-January.txt.gz

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From: andywrobertson at clara.co.uk (Andy Robertson)
Date: Tue Jan 11 13:50:27 2005
Subject: (urth) Orwell on Chesterton
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David Lebling writes: 

> From: "Andrew Bollen"
>> I've never read Chesterton before, but his "Lepanto" (below) surely is
>> horrendously awful.
> 
> I wouldn't say it's _that_ bad. Like Kipling, if you encounter it at a
> certain age, it's quite thrilling. 
 


I loved LEPANTO, and I like THE BALLAD OF THE WHITE HORSE even better.

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