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¿Cuál es el secreto del padre Brown, ese curita, «esencia misma de aquellos insulsos habitantes de la zona oriental», según apreciaba en La inocencia del padre Brown el todopoderoso detective francés Valentin?La explicación de Chesterton es sencilla, pero apasionante: a través de su identificación con el criminal, a través de la comprensión de su humanidad -porque también el tiene experiencia de lo que es ser hombre-, el padre Brown llega a la...

Filled with Chestertonian wit, the fast-moving history includes such gemlike observations as, Henry VIII "was almost as unlucky in his wives as they were in their husband." Of the great late Victorian/Edwardian trio of wits: George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, and Chesterton himself, it is Chesterton whose body of work -- writing in an unassuming manner, without great pretension -- may well persist for future generations far longer than its char...

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British writer GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON (1874-1936) expounded prolifically about his wide-ranging philosophies-he is impossible to categorize as "liberal" or "conservative, " for instance-across a wide variety of avenues: he was a literary critic, historian, playwright, novelist, columnist, and poet. His witty, humorous style earned him the title of the "prince of paradox, " and his works-80 books and nearly 4, 000 essays-remain among the most...

British writer GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON (1874-1936) expounded prolifically about his wide-ranging philosophies-he is impossible to categorize as "liberal" or "conservative, " for instance-across a wide variety of avenues: he was a literary critic, historian, playwright, novelist, columnist, and poet. His witty, humorous style earned him the title of the "prince of paradox, " and his works-80 books and nearly 4, 000 essays-remain among the most...

British writer GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON (1874-1936) expounded prolifically about his wide-ranging philosophies-he is impossible to categorize as "liberal" or "conservative, " for instance-across a wide variety of avenues: he was a literary critic, historian, playwright, novelist, columnist, and poet. His witty, humorous style earned him the title of the "prince of paradox, " and his works-80 books and nearly 4, 000 essays-remain among the most...

British writer GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON (1874-1936) expounded prolifically about his wide-ranging philosophies-he is impossible to categorize as "liberal" or "conservative, " for instance-across a wide variety of avenues: he was a literary critic, historian, playwright, novelist, columnist, and poet. His witty, humorous style earned him the title of the "prince of paradox, " and his works-80 books and nearly 4, 000 essays-remain among the most...

British writer GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON (1874-1936) expounded prolifically about his wide-ranging philosophies-he is impossible to categorize as "liberal" or "conservative, " for instance-across a wide variety of avenues: he was a literary critic, historian, playwright, novelist, columnist, and poet. His witty, humorous style earned him the title of the "prince of paradox, " and his works-80 books and nearly 4, 000 essays-remain among the most...

British writer GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON (1874-1936) expounded prolifically about his wide-ranging philosophies-he is impossible to categorize as "liberal" or "conservative, " for instance-across a wide variety of avenues: he was a literary critic, historian, playwright, novelist, columnist, and poet. This 1910 book is a unified work about all the broad array of worries that trouble the world, but it can be read in essaylike chunks. Discoverin...

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This volume includes the classic G. K. Chesterton essay collections The Defendant, Varied Types, and A Miscellany of Men. It also includes six additional short stories, "The Taming of the Nightmare, " "A Picture of Tuesday, " "A Crazy Tale, " "The Curious Englishman, " "The Sword of Wood, " and "Conversion of an Anarchist.

This volume includes three classic G. K. Chesterton collections: All Things Considered, Tremendous Trifles, and Alarms and Discursions. These collections include both essays and short stories. A few gems among the stories include "The Perfect Game, " "A Somewhat Improbable Story, " "The Shop of Ghosts, " and "How I Found the Superman.

This volume includes three classic G. K. Chesterton works: Heretics, Orthodoxy, and What's Wrong with the World. Chesterton takes on religion, politics, and civilization in general. His enthusiasm for life never wanes, as he argues with reason and wit.

This vintage book contains a collection of twenty essays on a variety of topics written by G. K. Chesterton. The essays are on unrelated subjects ranging from losing one's hat, to lying in bed, and manage to be both insightful and amusing. A great addition to any bookshelf, this volume is highly recommended for fans of Chesterton's work - and lovers of witty writing. The essays include: "On Running After One's Hat", "On Lying in Bed", "Cheese"...

Writing before, during and just after World War I, G. K. Chesterton describes what has gone wrong with Germany and warns that, if Germany is not forced to reform, that war will be followed by another and more horrible war. In these 111 articles, Chesterton criticizes militarism and debates the paths to peace being advocated by pacifists and internationalists. He also harshly criticizes a then-fashionable form of racism that would later be adop...

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) confesaba en su Autobiography (1936) que Cuentos del Arco Largo (1925) era uno de los libros que más le había divertido escribir. Se trata de una auténtica novela hecha con historias que se entrelazan, crónicas hilarantes en las que unos excéntricos que se autodenominan locos, integrantes de la Liga del Arco Largo, algo así como una asociación de fanfarrones, se empeñan en convertir en juego de niños las me...

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy, and detective fiction. Chesterton has been called the "prince of paradox. " He wrote in an off-hand, whimsical prose studded with startling formulations. He is one of the few Christian thinkers who are equally admired and quoted by b...

An unabridged edition of Chesterton's classic parable

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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