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A Christmas Carol - A Faithful Reproduction of the Original First Edition by Charles Dickens; John Leech (Introduction by); G. K. Chesterton (Introduction by)
Category: Classics
Contains the original, magical designs by John Leech that were commissioned by Dickens himself for the first edition.This edition is a stunning facsimile of the original 1843 edition - the very same that the first avid readers of A Christmas Carol experienced.A Christmas Carol sold over 6,000 copies in ...Show more
ABCs of the Christian Life - The Ultimate Anthology of the Prince of Paradox by G. K. Chesterton; Peter Kreeft (Foreword by)
Category: Self-Help
Aside from C. S. Lewis, no other Christian writer of the twentieth century has had more influence on faith and understanding than the enigmatic, larger-than-life G. K. Chesterton. This anthology combines twenty-six of the most essential passages from his works--from "A" for asceticism to "Z" for Zion--o ...Show more
Aesop's Fables by Aesop ; G. K. Chesterton (Introduction by);
Category: Classics | Series: Dover Children's Classics Ser.
Beware of wolves in sheep's clothing, and don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs These simple allegories -- abounding in paradoxes, ambiguities, and ironies -- embody great truths. Attributed to a legendary storyteller of ancient Greece, they speak to readers and listeners of all ages and cultur ...Show more
Charles Dickens by G. K. Chesterton
Category: Biography | Series: Wordsworth Literary Lives
"There is no better critic of Dickens living than Mr Chesterton" - T S Eliot. "[Chesterton is] perhaps Dickens' best critic" - Peter Ackroyd. "Readers seeking a short introduction to the Inimitable should try G K Chesterton's "Dickens"" - John Carey.Chesterton is so good on Dickens because his wit is as ...Show more
Classic Poems for Boys by G. K. Chesterton; Edward Lear; Robert Louis Stevenson; Anton Lesser (Read by); Roy McMillan (Read by); Benjamim Soames (Read by)
Category: Audio | Series: Naxos Junior Classics Ser.
This text comprises a delightfully varied set of over 20 poems for 5-10-year olds. From rousing favourites like Felicia Dorothea Hemans's 'Casabianca' and John Keats's 'A Song About Myself', to dreamy, thoughtful poems by Robert Louis Stevenson and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, this is a collection to be ...Show more
Complete Father Brown Stories by G. K. CHESTERTON
Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Classics
With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies. Father Brown, one of the most quirkily genial and lovable characters to emerge from English detective fiction, first made his appearance in The Innocence of Father Brown in 1911. That first collection of stories established G.K. Chesterton's kindly cleric in ...Show more
Father Brown Selected Stories by G. K Chesterton
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Penguin English Library
'No man's really any good till he knows how bad he is, or might be' Shabby and lumbering, with a face like a Norfolk dumpling, Father Brown makes for an improbable super-sleuth. But his innocence is the secret of his success- refusing the scientific method of detection, he adopts instead an approach of ...Show more
Father Brown: The Essential Tales by G K Chesterton
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
G. K. Chesterton's Father Brown may seem a pleasantly doddering Roman Catholic priest, but appearances deceive. With keen observation and an unerring sense of man's frailties-gained during his years listening to confessions-Father Brown succeeds in bringing even the most elusive criminals to justice. ...Show more
Favorite Father Brown Stories by G. K. Chesterton
Category: Classics | Series: Dover Thrift Editions Ser.
Critic, author, and debunker extraordinaire, G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) delighted in probing the ambiguities of Christian theology. A number of his most successful attempts at combining first-rate fiction with acute social observation appear in this original selection from his best detective stories f ...Show more
Heretics by G. K. Chesterton
Category: Mind, Body & Spirit | Series: Dover Books on Western Philosophy Ser.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton, KC (29 May 1874 - 14 June 1936), was an English writer, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, lay theologian, biographer, and literary and art critic. Chesterton is often referred to as the "prince of paradox". Time magazine has observed of his writing style: "Whene ...Show more
Murder in Midsummer: Classic Mysteries for the Holidays by Cecily Gayford (Editor); Ellis Peters (Contribution by); Ruth Rendell (Contribution by); Arthur Conan Doyle (Contribution by); Dorothy L. Sayers (Contribution by); Margery Allingham (Contribution by); John Dickson Carr (Contribution by); G. K. Chesterton (Contribution by); Michael Innes (Contribution by); Julian Symons (Contribution by)
Category: Fiction
It's the middle of summer. On Cornish sea-fronts, happy children grip melting ice-creams. In the south of France, sunlight filters through leaves as families picnic in the shade. And in the fashionable resorts of the Mediterranean, the beautiful people sun themselves on picture-postcard beaches.And in t ...Show more