The Man Who Was Thursday

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The Man Who Was Thursday is a 1908 metaphysical thriller by G. K. Chesterton that blends detective fiction, political satire, and philosophical allegory in a surreal tale about an undercover poet-detective infiltrating a council of anarchists.

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instanceOf detective fiction ⓘ
metaphysical thriller ⓘ
novel ⓘ
political satire ⓘ
adaptedAs film ⓘ
radio drama ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
author G. K. Chesterton ⓘ
Gilbert Keith Chesterton ⓘ
linked to: G. K. Chesterton
centralTheme anarchism ⓘ
appearance versus reality ⓘ
free will and determinism ⓘ
identity ⓘ
order and chaos ⓘ
the nature of evil ⓘ
the problem of suffering ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
genre detective fiction ⓘ
metaphysical thriller ⓘ
philosophical allegory ⓘ
political satire ⓘ
surreal fiction ⓘ
hasCharacter Dr. Bull ⓘ
Gabriel Syme ⓘ
Gogol ⓘ
Lucian Gregory ⓘ
Sunday ⓘ
The Marquis de St. Eustache ⓘ
The Professor ⓘ
hasISBN 978-0-19-953285-6 ⓘ
hasSymbolism allegorical figure of Sunday ⓘ
dreamlike, surreal chase sequences ⓘ
literaryMovement Christian apologetics-adjacent literature ⓘ
literarySignificance classic of early 20th-century English literature ⓘ
influential Christian-themed speculative fiction ⓘ
mainCharacter Gabriel Syme ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotElement council members named after days of the week ⓘ
undercover infiltration of an anarchist council ⓘ
protagonistOccupation poet ⓘ
undercover detective ⓘ
publicationYear 1908 ⓘ
publisher Dodd, Mead and Company ⓘ
J. M. Dent ⓘ
setInPeriod Edwardian era ⓘ
titleOrigin refers to the codename of the protagonist on the anarchist council ⓘ

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The Spell → partOf → Thursday; or, The Man Who Was Thursday ⓘ
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The Spell → subtitleOf → Thursday; or, The Man Who Was Thursday ⓘ
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The Spell → describesToneOf → Thursday; or, The Man Who Was Thursday ⓘ
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