G.K. Chesterton, in full Gilbert Keith Chesterton, (born May 29, 1874, London, England—died June 14, 1936, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire), English critic and author of verse, essays, novels, and short stories, known also for his exuberant personality and rotund figure.Chesterton was educated at St. Paul’s School and later studied art at the Slade School and literature at University College, London. His writings to 1910 were of three kinds. First, his social criticism, largely in his voluminous journalism, was gathered in The Defendant (1901), Twelve Types (1902), and Heretics (1905). In it he expressed strongly pro-Boer views in the South African War. Politically, he began as a Liberal but after a brief radical period became, with his Christian and medievalist friend Hilaire Belloc, a Distributist, favouring the distribution of land. This phase of his thinking is exemplified by What’s Wrong with the World (1910).The lists below can be found on this app that give some his main works:A Chesterton CalendarA Miscellany of MenA Short History of EnglandAlarms and DiscursionsAll Things ConsideredAppreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles DickensCharles Dickens Divorce versus DemocracyEugenics and Other EvilsFancies Versus FadsG. F. WattsGeorge Bernard ShawGreybeards at Play Literature and Art for Old GentlemenHereticsIrish ImpressionsLeo TolstoyLondonLord KitchenerMagicManaliveOrthodoxyPoemsRobert BrowningSt. Francis of AssisiTennyson Thackeray The Appetite of Tyranny Including Letters to an Old GaribaldianThe Ball and the CrossThe Ballad of St. Barbara, and Other VersesThe Ballad of the White HorseThe Barbarism of BerlinThe Club of Queer TradesThe Crimes of EnglandThe DefendantThe Everlasting ManThe Flying InnThe Innocence of Father BrownThe Man Who Knew Too MuchThe Man Who Was Thursday A NightmareThe Napoleon of Notting HillThe New JerusalemThe Trees of PrideThe Uses of Diversity A book of essaysThe Victorian Age in LiteratureThe Wild Knight and Other PoemsThe Wisdom of Father BrownTremendous TriflesTwelve TypesUtopia of Usurers and Other EssaysVaried TypesWhat I Saw in AmericaWhats Wrong with the WorldWine, Water, and SongCredits :All of the books under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License [www.gutenberg.org]. This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook.Readium is available under BSD 3-Clause license
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