This early work by G. K. Chesterton was originally published in 1915. Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London in 1874. He studied at the Slade School of Art, and…

Chesterton wrote some of the best nonsense and satirical verse in the language. In this book, the main bias of the selection, however, will be towards Chesterton’s non-fictional prose, where…

" Mere light sophistry is the thing that I happen to despise most of all things, and it is perhaps a wholesome fact that this is the thing of which…

Chesterton has been called the Prince of Paradox. His works include journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, fantasy and detective stories. Chesterton says he decided to write this work because up till…

Illustrated edition: This special edition of The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare includes captivating illustrations, a detailed summary, an insightful author biography, and a comprehensive list of characters.

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The jovial journalist, philosopher, and theologian G. K. Chesterton felt that the world was almost always in permanent danger of being misjudged or even overlooked, and so the pursuit of…

The story centres around Esther Summerson, the novel’s heroine and omniscient narrator, and a long-running legal case in the Court of Chancery which arises as a result of conflicting wills…

This tale chronicles the education of Pip, an orphan living in mid-nineteenth century London. Including such themes as wealth and poverty, love and rejection, and triumph over evil, this novel…