Author: Nirad C Chaudhuri
Publisher: Vision/Orient paperbacks
Year: 1994
Language: English
Pages: 208
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8122201121
Description
This is a vivid account of a delightful voyage of discovery. Provocative, witty and informative, this sparkling work has a timeless appeal to the discerning. This interesting book is divided into four parts, each part dealing with the author's experiences and observations in England and with its culture.
Mr. Chaudhuri is a born writer. He makes delightful reading, always thought provoking. - THE TIMES, LONDON
Contents
Acknowledgements
Plea for the Book
PART I: THE ENGLISH SCENE
CHAPTER I
A World of Illusion
CHAPTER II
Meeting the Third Dimension
CHAPTER III
Oh, East is East, And West is West…
CHAPTER IV
By the Rivers of England
CHAPTER V
Who Made the Town?
CHAPTER VI
The Palazzo and the Basilica
CHAPTER VII
The Mother City of the Age
PART II: THE ENGLISH PEOPLE
CHAPTER I
What do they look like?
CHAPTER II
The Eternal Silence of These Infinite Crowds. . .
CHAPTER III
It isn't Done
CHAPTER IV
Tell me the Weather, and I'll tell the man
CHAPTER V
Money and the Englishman
CHAPTER VI
Love's Philosophy
CHAPTER VII
John Bull, Lost and Found
PART III : CULTURAL LIFE
CHAPTER I
Shakespeare in Today's England
CHAPTER II
Culture Begins at Home
CHAPTER III
Adventures of Brown Man in Search of Civilization
CHAPTER IV
Kindergarten and Pedagogy
CHAPTER V
Christian Civilization
PART IV: STATE OF THE NATION
CHAPTER I
A Constitutional Parliament
CHAPTER II
Farewell to Politics
CHAPTER III
The Welfare State -- Fact of Hoax ?
CHAPTER IV
The Most Glorious Revolution
CHAPTER V
Oh, to Live in Lubber land!
CHAPTER VI
For St George and Civilization
CHAPTER VII
National Destiny