Most notable among prolific English satirist Hilaire Belloc's writings are the sharp and clever admonishments he composed for children. Collected here, these short, funny pieces offer moral instruction...

The Mercy of Allah is a satirical novel on the methods by which the merchant Mahmoud rises from humble beginnings to massive wealth.  Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (27 July 1870 – 16 July 1953) was...

EUROPE, which carries the fate of the whole world, lives by a life which is in contrast to that of every other region, because that life, though intense, is inexhaustible. There is present, therefore,...

In "Europe and the Faith," Hilaire Belloc takes readers on a captivating intellectual journey through the heart and soul of Europe, delving into the intricate tapestry of history, culture, and faith that...

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. In The Servile State, BritishFrench writer and historian Hilaire Belloc makes a provocative case that capitalism will inevitably move toward...

I say the Catholic "conscience" of history--I say "conscience"--that is, an intimate knowledge through identity: the intuition of a thing which is one with the knower--I do not say "The Catholic Aspect...

"A clear boundary exists between the servile and the non-servile condition of labour, and the conditions upon either side of that boundary utterly differ one from another, Where there is compulsion applicable...

Cautionary Tales for Children: Designed for the Admonition of Children between the ages of eight and fourteen years is a 1907 children's book written by Hilaire Belloc. It is a parody of the cautionary...

First published in 1907 and in print ever since, Hilaire Belloc’s Cautionary Tales for Children is a deliciously witty parody of the terribly serious moral tales for children, which were popular in Victorian...

“When Fame comes upon a man well before death then must he most particularly beware of it, for is it then most dangerous. Neither must he, having achieved it, relax effort nor

“It is, for that matter, self-evident that if one community decides in one fashion, another, also sovereign, in the opposite fashion, both cannot be right. Reasoning men have also protested, and justly,...

“I knew a man once, Maurice, who was at Oxford for three years, and after that went down with no degree. At College, while his friends were seeking for Truth in funny brown German Philosophies, Sham Religions,...

This rollicking novel captures the minor moral dilemma of thin, shy, nervous, Professor Higginson, psychologist, as he comes under the eye of the enemy of his soul through an encounter with a green overcoat....

“Now that story is a symbol, and tells the truth. We see some one thing in this world, and suddenly it becomes particular and sacramental; a woman and a child, a man at evening, a troop of soldiers; we...

The Catholic brings to history self-knowledge. As a man in the confessional accuses himself of what he knows to be true and what other people cannot judge, so a Catholic, talking of the united European...

Before writing a life of Danton in English it is necessary to do three things. First, to take a definite point of view with regard to the whole revolutionary movement; secondly, to explain, so far as...

"Oggi in Europa abbiamo più che mai bisogno di traduzione [...]", perché “[...] nessuna provincia d’Europa può sussistere da sola.” È il 1931 quando Belloc avverte del pericolo cui l’Europa tutta stava...

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Step into a world of timeless tales and whimsical adventures with "Children's Short Works, Vol. 022." This enchanting collection brings together beloved stories from renowned authors like Hilaire Belloc,...