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<title><![CDATA[Ball and the Cross, The by Chesterton, G. K.]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Ball and the Cross is G. K. Chesterton's third novel. In the introduction Martin Gardner notes that it is a "mixture of fantasy, farce and theology." Gardner continues: "Evan MacIan is a tall, dark-haired, blue-eyed Scottish Highlander and a devout Roman Catholic.... James Turnbull is a short, red-haired, gray-eyed Scottish Lowlander and a devout but naive atheist.... The two meet when MacIan smashes the window of the street office where Turnbull publishes an atheist journal. This act of rage occurs when MacIan sees posted on the shop's window a sheet that blasphemes the Virgin Mary, presumably implying she was an adulteress who gave birth to an illegitimate Jesus. When MacIan challenges Turnbull to a duel to the death, Turnbull is overjoyed. For twenty years no one had paid the slightest attention to his Bible bashing. Now at last someone is taking him seriously! Most of the rest of the story is a series of comic events in which the two enemies wander about seeking a spot for their duel." MacIan and Turnbull become friends as they protect each other from interference from the modern world, which has trivialized their views over life's most important question (the existence of God) and outlawed their honorable duel. The irony is heightened when they both fall in love with ladies who happen to hold to their opponent's deepest convictions. Professor Lucifer and a Bulgarian monk also play important roles in this perennially relevant story. (Summary by Matthew Heckel) ]]></description>
<genre>Fiction, Fantasy, Religion</genre>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[ The Ball and the Cross is G. K. Chesterton's third novel. In the introduction Martin Gardner notes that it is a "mixture of fantasy, farce and theology." Gardner continues: "Evan MacIan is a tall, dark-haired, blue-eyed Scottish Highlander and a devout Roman Catholic.... James Turnbull is a short, red-haired, gray-eyed Scottish Lowlander and a devout but naive atheist.... The two meet when MacIan smashes the window of the street office where Turnbull publishes an atheist journal. This act of rage occurs when MacIan sees posted on the shop's window a sheet that blasphemes the Virgin Mary, presumably implying she was an adulteress who gave birth to an illegitimate Jesus. When MacIan challenges Turnbull to a duel to the death, Turnbull is overjoyed. For twenty years no one had paid the slightest attention to his Bible bashing. Now at last someone is taking him seriously! Most of the rest of the story is a series of comic events in which the two enemies wander about seeking a spot for their duel." MacIan and Turnbull become friends as they protect each other from interference from the modern world, which has trivialized their views over life's most important question (the existence of God) and outlawed their honorable duel. The irony is heightened when they both fall in love with ladies who happen to hold to their opponent's deepest convictions. Professor Lucifer and a Bulgarian monk also play important roles in this perennially relevant story. (Summary by Matthew Heckel) ]]></itunes:summary>
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<title><![CDATA[01 - A Discussion Somewhat in the Air]]></title>
<reader>Matthew C. Heckel</reader>
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<itunes:duration>00:40:16</itunes:duration>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:59:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[02 - The Religion of the Stipendiary Magistrate]]></title>
<reader>Matthew C. Heckel</reader>
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<itunes:duration>00:30:40</itunes:duration>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:58:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[03 - Some Old Curiosities]]></title>
<reader>Matthew C. Heckel</reader>
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<itunes:duration>00:26:22</itunes:duration>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:57:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[04 - A Discussion at Dawn]]></title>
<reader>Tricia G</reader>
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<itunes:duration>00:28:26</itunes:duration>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:56:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[05 - The Peacemaker]]></title>
<reader>Tricia G</reader>
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<itunes:duration>00:14:33</itunes:duration>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[06 - The Other Philosopher]]></title>
<reader>Tricia G</reader>
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<itunes:duration>00:28:10</itunes:duration>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:54:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[07 - The Village of Grassley-in-the-Hole]]></title>
<reader>Tricia G</reader>
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<itunes:duration>00:20:21</itunes:duration>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:53:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[08 - An Interlude of Argument]]></title>
<reader>Tricia G</reader>
<link>http://www.archive.org/download/ball_and_cross_1001_librivox/ballandcross_08_chesterton_64kb.mp3</link>
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<itunes:duration>00:15:33</itunes:duration>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:52:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[09 - The Strange Lady]]></title>
<reader>Tricia G</reader>
<link>http://www.archive.org/download/ball_and_cross_1001_librivox/ballandcross_09_chesterton_64kb.mp3</link>
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<itunes:duration>00:33:34</itunes:duration>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:51:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[10 - The Swords Rejoined]]></title>
<reader>Tricia G</reader>
<link>http://www.archive.org/download/ball_and_cross_1001_librivox/ballandcross_10_chesterton_64kb.mp3</link>
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<itunes:duration>00:38:14</itunes:duration>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[11 - A Scandal in the Village]]></title>
<reader>Tricia G</reader>
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<itunes:duration>00:31:31</itunes:duration>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:49:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[12 - The Desert Island]]></title>
<reader>Tricia G</reader>
<link>http://www.archive.org/download/ball_and_cross_1001_librivox/ballandcross_12_chesterton_64kb.mp3</link>
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<itunes:duration>00:18:18</itunes:duration>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:48:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[13 - The Garden of Peace]]></title>
<reader>Tricia G</reader>
<link>http://www.archive.org/download/ball_and_cross_1001_librivox/ballandcross_13_chesterton_64kb.mp3</link>
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<itunes:duration>00:18:47</itunes:duration>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:47:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[14 - A Museum of Souls]]></title>
<reader>Tricia G</reader>
<link>http://www.archive.org/download/ball_and_cross_1001_librivox/ballandcross_14_chesterton_64kb.mp3</link>
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<itunes:duration>00:30:51</itunes:duration>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:46:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[15 - The Dream of MacIan]]></title>
<reader>Tricia G</reader>
<link>http://www.archive.org/download/ball_and_cross_1001_librivox/ballandcross_15_chesterton_64kb.mp3</link>
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<itunes:duration>00:15:27</itunes:duration>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[16 - The Dream of Turnbull]]></title>
<reader>Tricia G</reader>
<link>http://www.archive.org/download/ball_and_cross_1001_librivox/ballandcross_16_chesterton_64kb.mp3</link>
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<itunes:duration>00:23:51</itunes:duration>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:44:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[17 - The Idiot]]></title>
<reader>Tricia G</reader>
<link>http://www.archive.org/download/ball_and_cross_1001_librivox/ballandcross_17_chesterton_64kb.mp3</link>
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<itunes:duration>00:32:10</itunes:duration>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:43:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[18 - A Riddle of Faces]]></title>
<reader>Tricia G</reader>
<link>http://www.archive.org/download/ball_and_cross_1001_librivox/ballandcross_18_chesterton_64kb.mp3</link>
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<itunes:duration>00:26:56</itunes:duration>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:42:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[19 - The Last Parley]]></title>
<reader>Tricia G</reader>
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<itunes:duration>00:16:55</itunes:duration>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:41:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[20 - Dies Irae]]></title>
<reader>Tricia G</reader>
<link>http://www.archive.org/download/ball_and_cross_1001_librivox/ballandcross_20_chesterton_64kb.mp3</link>
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<itunes:duration>00:24:56</itunes:duration>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:40:00 -0500</pubDate>
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