Belloc's "The Four Men" and the Four Men Feast!

Our next reading project is Hilaire Belloc's The Four Men: A Farrago. Published in 1912, this delightful book follows the narrator, Myself, on a walking journey across Sussex as he revisits the land of his birth and tries to recover and keep its memory preserved in his mind (and in the tale). He is joined on the journey by three companions: the wizened old man, Grizzlebeard; the raucous and ribald Sailor; and the wistful Poet. 

All four men are aspects of Belloc himself, and the novel - peppered with hilarious tall tales, boisterous drinking songs, and madcap antics - contains deeper reflections on mortality, morality, and manhood.

The Southeast PA Chesterton Society will meet and discuss this work on Sunday, November 19th. The book is also the focus of the upcoming annual Greater Philadelphia Area Four Men Feast to be held on October 28th. Details about the November meeting as well as the Feast are below the "read more" break.

The book can be purchased in paperback from the American Chesterton Society in a lovely recent edition, with annotations and commentary.

It is also available in sundry formats from Archive.org including Kindle (MOBI) and PDF download, as well as full-text.

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