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Introduction (18:00) Background for Gilbert Keith Chesterton (14:36) Childhood (24:13) School Days, Part 1 (30:17) School Days, Part 2 (26:02) Art Schools and University College (33:52) The Notebook (19:04) Towards a Career (37:26) Incipit Vita Nova (20:20) To Frances (25:14) A Long Engagement (43:44) Who is G.K.C.?, Part 1 (29:52) Who is G.K.C.?, Part 2 (33:37) Married Life in London, Part 1 (43:40) Married Life in London, Part 2 (45:25) Clearing the Ground for Orthodoxy (43:13) Orthodoxy (29:03) Bernard Shaw, Part 1 (27:47) Bernard Shaw, Part 2 (30:46) From Battersea to Beaconsfield, Part 1 (23:56) From Battersea to Beaconsfield, Part 2 (33:46) A Circle of Friends (40:59) The Disillusioned Liberal, Part 1 (27:33) The Disillusioned Liberal, Part 2 (29:09) The Eye Witness (42:03) Marconi, Part 1 (37:36) Marconi, Part 2 (25:27) The Eve of the War (1911-1915), Part 1 (29:01) The Eve of the War (1911-1915), Part 2 (27:08) The War Years, Part 1 (31:39) The War Years, Part 2 (36:02) After the Armistice (41:12) Rome via Jerusalem, Part 1 (42:58) Rome via Jerusalem, Part 2 (39:47) Completion (37:33) The Reluctant Editor (1925-1930), Part 1 (23:43) The Reluctant Editor (1925-1930), Part 2 (26:50) The Distributist League and Distributism (40:07) Silver Wedding, Part 1 (37:13) Silver Wedding, Part 2 (34:33) Columbus, Part 1 (33:38) Columbus, Part 2 (34:49) The Soft Answer (38:05) Our Lady's Tumbler (25:03) The Living Voice (40:33) Last Days (17:36) Appendix A—An Earlier Chesterton (5:49) Appendix B—Prize Poem Written at St. Paul's (3:48) Appendix C—The Chestertons (15:00)