J. B. Morton (1893–1979)
Auteur van Selected essays of Hilaire Belloc
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Stuff & Nonsense 3 exemplaren
Mr. Thake : Ou Les tribulations, les infortunes et les déboires d'un gentleman anglais (2010) 3 exemplaren
Mr. Thake Again 2 exemplaren
Sideways through Borneo: (an unconventional journey) 2 exemplaren
Saint-Just 2 exemplaren
Morton's Folly 2 exemplaren
The Dancing Cabman, and other verses 2 exemplaren
Early Morning Rain 1 exemplaar
Sobieski, King of Poland 1 exemplaar
I Do Not Think So 1 exemplaar
Merry go round 1 exemplaar
THE MISADVENTURES OF DR. STRABISMUS 1 exemplaar
Fool's Paradise 1 exemplaar
Gallimaufry 1 exemplaar
Beachcomber….By the Way: A BBC Radio 4 Comedy 1 exemplaar
Mr Thake and The Ladies 1 exemplaar
The Tibetan Venus ... With illustrations by Jean Charlot. [A selection from “By the Way” in the… 1 exemplaar
A Bonfire Of Weeds 1 exemplaar
Pyrenean: being the adventues of Miles Walker on his journey from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic (1950) 1 exemplaar
Who's who in the zoo 1 exemplaar
Hag's Harvest 1 exemplaar
springtime 1 exemplaar
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Mr Morton seems to have been of the opinion that, "I liked him", is enough to have every reader fawning over his subject. I approached this biography knowing little about Hilaire Belloc, other than that he wrote the verses, 'Cautionary Tales'. Mr Morton does provide sparse detail as to his life but, makes statements such as, "Belloc's confident and overbearing manner in the assertion of his opinions was often the outcome of impatience with unintelligent criticism." That's all right then! Mr Morton genuinely seems to feel that this excuses 'the great man': why does he think that most boorish people dismiss any contrary view to their own? Belloc was strident in pushing his Catholic religious views; again, because he knew that he was right (how many people follow any religion, however crazy their particular choice may seem to you or I, without a belief in its veracity?
The book is only 181 pages long and yet, each chapter starts with a tourists view of a place with some significance in Belloc's story, each running to two or three pages and the rest of the chapter gives no insight into the man. You may call me a conspiracy theorist, but I did contemplate the possibility that Mr Morton did not like Hilaire Belloc: this peon of over the top, unsubstantiated praise certainly makes it harder for any subsequent biographer to convince me that Belloc is worth pursuing as a literary figure.… (meer)