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Hernani
Hernani – Victor Hugo The drama ‘Hernani’ tells the story of Doña Sol, the sun of Madrid, who is loved by Don Carlos, king of Spain, by the old duke, Ruy Gomez, and by Hernani, leader of the revolutionists, upon whose head a price is set. Doña Sol loves only Hernani; she receives him secretly […]
Irish Impressions
Irish Impressions – Gilbert Keith Chesterton In this collection of papers the author, in his characteristically discursive fashion, gives his impressions of the Irish character as an almost paradoxical combination of visionary dreamer and practical peasant. He emphasizes the fundamental differences between the English and the Irish out of which arise many if not all […]
A Short History of England
A Short History of England – Gilbert Keith Chesterton Chesterton, in his unimitable way, remarks that “the only way to write a popular history is to write it backwards.” This is somewhat the method he employs in his book, “A Short History of England,“ in which he aims to show the importance of the populace […]
Utopia of Usurers
Utopia of Usurers – Gilbert Keith Chesterton Characteristically brilliant and daring essays on sociological subjects in which is depicted the Utopia of the hard-headed business man, capitalists, and the millionaires who will arrange their own paradise and deal with art, religion, science, etc. Format: Paperback Utopia of Usurers. ISBN: 9783849677503. Available at amazon.com and other […]
The Book of Job
The Book of Job – Gilbert Keith Chesterton The Book of Job is among the other Old Testament Books both a philosophical riddle and a historical riddle. Controversy has long raged about which parts of this epic belong to its original scheme and which are interpolations of considerably later date. The doctors disagree, as it […]
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. […]