What's Wrong with the World Chapter 11 - The Homelessness of Jones

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What's Wrong with the World Chapter 11 - The Homelessness of Jones

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In which the ordinary Englishman, typified by the figure of Jones, finds himself forever excluded from the simple, sacred pleasures of home and hearth, dispossessed in the name of progress and subjected to the impersonal forces of industrial and political power. Chesterton laments this loss of intimate ownership and domestic dignity, suggesting the grand promises of collectivism and commerce are poor substitutes for the heartfelt human desire for a single man’s house and family life.

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