Green Overcoat

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Published 1900 onward

Authors: Hilaire Belloc In Year : 1912

Book Language: English

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Dedication
In which the Green Overcoat takes a Journey.
In which a Philosopher wrestles with a Problem of Identity.
In which the Green Overcoat appears as a point of religion by not being there.
In which it is seen that University training fits one for a business career.
In which Solitude is unable to discover the charms which Sages have seen in her face.
In which Professor Higginson Begins to Taste the Sweets of Fame.
In which Professor Higginson goes on tasting them.
In which Professor Higginson gets those sweets by the wagon -load, and also hears how Men are Made.
In which the Green Overcoat begins to assert itself.
In which a Descendant of the Crusaders refuses to harbour stolen goods.
In which a Pole is less scrupulous.
In which the Readerkin will, if he has an ounce of brains, begin to catch the inevitable Denoumong of the Imbroglio.
In which the Subliminal Consciousness gives itself away.
In which, incredible as it may seem, a non-Pole has the better of a Pole.
In which three young men eat, and not only eat, but drink.
In which cross-examination is conducted "en echelon," and if you don't know what that means I can't help you.
In which a Professor professes nothing, a Lecture is not delivered, and yet something happens.
In which the Green Overcoat triumphs and comes home.

This rollicking novel captures the minor moral dilemma of thin, shy, nervous, Professor Higginson, psychologist, as he comes under the eye of the enemy of his soul through an encounter with a green overcoat. The quixotic adventure that follows will bring the childlike reader laughter like rainfall. This is Belloc at his Chestertonian best! - Summary by Russ Hobbs