Collected Works G.K. Chesterton (Volume 4)

The is the second volume of Chesterton's novels in this series of his Collected Works. (Volume VI is the other book of novels.) Besides his well-known philosophical-theological writings, Chesterton's fiction is very popular (Father Brown Mysteries, The Man Who Was Thursday, etc.) and among those who regarded him as a great literary figure are T.S. Eliot, Evelyn Waugh, C.S. Lewis and W.H. Auden. The reader will encounter characters in these novels that defend with great vigor the dignity of the person and fundamental Christian beliefs. more

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Posted: Apr-29-2008

Where is the Chesterton of today?

A hundred years ago in England, religion was under attack for being an obsolescence, an obstruction to the realization of human potential, the province of the unenlightened.Along came Chesterton, irrepressible optimist and genial adversary (foes GB Shaw and HG Wells were counted among his many...

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Posted: Mar-02-2008

Circle Talk at its Best

This book is both dull and magnificent. Chesterton's writing style is brilliant even though often his writing is pointless. Like a trial lawyer engaged in circle talk he says a mouthful but at the same time, although eloquent, it is a mouthful of nothing. Much like a gorgeous flower it is best to...

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Posted: Jul-16-2007

Dickens's finest interpreter until after World War II

Written in 1906 and 1911 and bound as this affordable paperback, Chesterton's two volumes of Dickens criticism remain superb, and have seldom been bettered by the academic industry's vast output. Although Chesterton's addiction to paradox can challenge or annoy readers unfamiliar with his style,...

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Posted: Jul-04-2007

You can never go wrong with Chesterton

You can never go wrong with Chesterton. Chesterton can help you think, even if you're not good at it.

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Posted: Mar-31-2002

Chesterton's most famous work, and some oft-forgotten gems

This volume, the first in Ignatius Press's _Collected Works_ of Chesterton series, contains what is probably G. K. Chesterton's most famous work, _Orthodoxy_.What many people do not know is that Orthodoxy was written only at the end of a long debate in the British press. Chesterton had been...

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Posted: Jun-13-2001

A delightful collection... (Vol. X of the series)

Chesterton lovers and lovers of poetry in the classical English forms will enjoy this collection of poems by one of the 20th century's greatest stylists, G.K. Chesterton. After a section of juvenalia, the poems are arranged by broad subject. My only complaint with the volume is that it is not...

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