El regreso de don Quijote (1926), aparecida por entregas en la revista GK's Weekly, es la ultima novela de Chesterton y uno de los mas hermosos homenajes que jamas se hayan rendido al Quijote y a Cervantes. Michael Herne, un bibliotecario experto en la cultura hitita y ajeno al mundo moderno, tras interpretar el papel de un rey medieval en una obra de teatro, decide no quitarse el disfraz y encabezar, en la vida real, un golpe de Estado bufonesco contra la industria y la sociedad moderna, para el que cuenta, en un principio, con el apoyo de los nobles. En esta peculiar obra que podria...

In a London of the future, the drudgery of capitalism and bureaucracy have worn the human spirit down to the point where it can barely stand. When a pint-sized clerk named Auberon Quinn is randomly selected as head of state, he decides to turn London into a medieval carnival for his own amusement. One man, Adam Wayne, takes the new order of things seriously, organizing a Notting Hill army to fight invaders from other neighborhoods. At first his project baffles everyone, but eventually his dedication proves infectious, with delightful results. First published in 1904, The Napoleon of Notting...