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The Crimes of England
The Crimes of England – Gilbert Keith Chesterton Brilliant, political, historical, social, and topical literary essays. A list of England’s crimes is furnished, but they are not those of which she was accused by the Germans. Among the best chapters is “The Awakening of England, and among the finest writing is the last chapter, on […]
The Wisdom of Father Brown
The Wisdom of Father Brown – Gilbert Keith Chesterton The small Catholic priest at his best again! Talcs of crime and discovery, clues and false leads and all the rest of the thrilling material which will make any normal human being sit up and keep on sitting up long past the proper hour for bed. […]
The Flying Inn
The Flying Inn – Gilbert Keith Chesterton The Flying Inn may be briefly characterised as a narrative comic opera. It follows the Gilbertian formula of satirising actual anomalies by carrying them out quite logically to burlesque extremes; and the resemblance is heightened by the serio-comic songs with which the characters regale one another throughout the […]
The Victorian Age in Literature
The Victorian Age in Literature – Gilbert Keith Chesterton Mr. Chesterton’s contribution to the Home University Library Series is not a discussion of literature in the Victorian Age, but of the significance of the Victorian Age in literature. He takes up separately, it is true, the great names of the period and succeeds in giving […]
A Miscellany of Men
A Miscellany of Men – Gilbert Keith Chesterton Every new volume of Chesterton’s essays seems more brilliant, breezily humorous, and astonishingly clever than the last. Nor must one hastily conclude that the author is not profound because he is constantly witty and frequently funny. On the contrary, he reasons admirably and sees keenly and justly. […]
Manalive
Manalive – Gilbert Keith Chesterton A fanciful and altogether delightful tale of the doings of Innocent Smith, who reminds himself by every possible shock to the intellect that he is a man alive, walking on two legs. The story is replete with Chestertonian wit and humor and is a joy throughout. Format: Paperback Manalive. ISBN: […]
The Innocence of Father Brown
The Innocence of Father Brown – Gilbert Keith Chesterton With Father Brown the author has entered upon a new literary field in a series of detective stories. Strange to say, his hero is not a Sherlock Holmes or a Lecoq, but a gentle little parish priest who uses his knowledge of human nature gained in […]
The Ballad of the White Horse
The Ballad of the White Horse – Gilbert Keith Chesterton Gilbert K. Chesterton has kept his finest energies for fashioning the verses and symbolism of this ballad-epic — the story of King Alfred and the Danes. The London Nation said of the book: „We are certainly inclined to prophesy that ‚The Ballad of the White […]
Appreciations and Criticisms of The Works of Charles Dickens
Appreciations and Criticisms of The Works of Charles Dickens – Gilbert Keith Chesterton This book may not be, Chesterton says, important as a contribution to history, but it is important as a contribution to biography; as a contribution to the character and the career of the man who wrote it, a typical man of his […]
What’s wrong with the world?
What’s wrong with the world? – Gilbert Keith Chesterton In this volume Mr. Chesterton has tackled with his customary gaiety of heart and uncanny shrewdness of eye and hand no less a trinity than socialism, woman’s suffrage, and the new education. He begins by proclaiming that what is wrong with the world is chiefly that […]