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Alarms and Discursions
Alarms and Discursions – Gilbert Keith Chesterton If Mr. Chesterton had been permitted to have his own way this handful of papers would have been sent out under the title of „Gargoyles.“ Perhaps the publisher foresaw horror upon the faces of really unimaginative readers when once brought face to face with a „monster“ title; so […]
William Blake
William Blake – Gilbert Keith Chesterton William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. This book, originally part of the ‘Men of Letters’ series, gives a thorough account of […]
The Ball and the Cross
The Ball and the Cross – Gilbert Keith Chesterton The story begins with a theological discussion in an airship, whose owner, Lucifer, nearly runs it against the ball and the cross which surmount St. Paul’s, London. Here he leaves the other occupant of the ship, an old hermit, who appears again at the end of […]
Tremendous Trifles
Tremendous Trifles – Gilbert Keith Chesterton Mr. Chesterton was unquestionably one of the most brilliant essayists of his days. He is startingly original, for his ideas are always in opposition to those commonly held; but no matter how unheard of and startling his hypotheses, he can back them up with subtle arguments, flashes of humor, […]
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw – Gilbert Keith Chesterton Mr. Chesterton says that „most people either say that they agree with Bernard Shaw or that they do not understand him. I am the only person who understands him, and I do not agree with him.“ This book gives the author’s critical opinion of Shaw’s work and also […]
All Things Considered
All Things Considered – Gilbert Keith Chesterton Mr. G. K. Chesterton, as all the world knows by this time, had the courage of his convictions. He would also, if he had his way, have everyone else possess a similar courage. In his collection of ephemeral papers (he admits their ephemerality) entitled „All Things Considered“, he […]
Orthodoxy
Orthodoxy – Gilbert Keith Chesterton Chesterton’s characteristics would probably meet with the literary surprise of his life, when, after reading the plain, simple introduction, he would proceed to peruse the pages of Orthodoxy and find himself at once dazzled, perplexed, delighted by this blaze of wit, paradox, epigram, sarcasm, Johnsonian common sense, original ways of […]
The Man Who Was Thursday
The Man Who Was Thursday – Gilbert Keith Chesterton Mr. Chesterton is such a past-master in sophistries and casuistry, such a juggler of paradoxes, such an adept in the arts whereby the brilliant and quick-witted pull the wool over the eyes of their less gifted brethren, that he can give full and serious credibility to […]
Heretics
Heretics – Gilbert Keith Chesterton Mr. Gilbert Chesterton is quite on his own ground in writing essays about about Heretics. Such subjects as Kipling, Shaw, Whistler, H. G. Wells, the new paganism, and the importance of orthodoxy possess brilliancy enough in themselves to satisfy even this arch-priest of brilliancy in style. Format: Paperback Heretics. ISBN: […]
The Club of Queer Trades
The Club of Queer Trades – Gilbert Keith Chesterton A collection of a half-dozen stories. Only those persons who have contrived some unusual means of earning a livelihood are eligible for membership in the Club of Queer Trades. One member of this club undertakes to fit every one with a suitable romance; another tries to […]