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The Napoleon of Notting Hill
The Napoleon of Notting Hill is a novel written by G. K. Chesterton in 1904, set in a nearly unchanged London in 1984.
Although the novel is set in the future, it is, in effect, set in an alternative reality of Chesterton's own period, with no advances in technology or changes in the class system or attitudes. It postulates an impersonal government, not described in any detail, but apparently content to operate through a figurehead king, randomly chosen.
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1984 in literature
This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1984.
Events.
- April 4 – The narrative of George Orwell's dystopian novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four" (1949) begins and causes widespread discussion. G. K. Chesterton's "The Napoleon of Notting Hill" (1904) is also set in this year.
- June 16 – Cirque du Soleil is founded in Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec, by two former street performers, Guy Laliberté and Gilles Ste-