G K Chesterton: 423 books

G.K. Chesterton's collected essays on subjects ranging from detective stories and penny dreadfuls to heraldry and patriotism. The essays originally appeared in "The Speaker" but were edited and revised for republication.

In his day, Flambeau was a legend of the underworld. Even now, his old confederates remember with pride the Tyrolean Dairy scheme, in which he built a thriving milk business despite owning not a single cow. But today the master thief finally meets his match. Attempting to steal a priceless cross,...

In his very first attempt at playwriting, British author G.K. Chesterton knocked it out of the proverbial ballpark with Magic, a drawing-room comedy in which a diverse group of friends and family members gather together to enjoy the entertainment provided by an amateur magician. What ensues is a philosophical free-for-all during which virtually every "ism" under the sun is mercilessly skewered.

A collection of newspaper articles by acclaimed author G. K. Chesterton, on a variety of topics, from society, religion, history, science and politics.

“Love is not blind...love is vigilant.” An outspoken patriot, G. K. Chesterton criticized his country as he thought necessary. In this 1915 collection of pieces written while he toiled for the War Propaganda Bureau, he takes England to task for tolerating Germany’s pre-war actions, and also for its treatment of the Irish.

The Ballad of the White Horse is poetry by G. K. Chesterton about the idealized exploits of the Saxon King Alfred the Great, published in 1911. Written in ballad form, the work is usually considered one of the last great traditional epic poems ever written in the English language. The poem narrates...

G. K. Chesterton's second novel chronicles a hot dispute between two Scotsmen, a Roman Catholic, and an atheist, whose fanatically held opinions inspire a host of comic adventures. The story's allegorical levels vigorously explore the debate between theism and atheism.

Father Brown is a fictional character created by eng novelist G. K. Chesterton, who stars in 51 detective short stories. This collection features the following twelve stories. The Absence of Mr Glass, The Paradise of Thieves, The Duel of Dr Hirsch, The Man in the Passage, The Head of Caesar, The Purple...

The end of the longest room at Seawood Abbey was full of light; for the walls were almost made of windows and it projected upon a terraced part of the garden above the park on an almost cloudless morning. Murrel, called Monkey for some reason that everybody had forgotten, and Olive Ashley were taking...

This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names In a Grove [Ryūnosuke Akutagawa] Fantômas [Marcel Allain] The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont [Robert Barr] The Woman in Black [E.C. Bentley] The Island Mystery [George A. Birmingham] Four Max Carrados Detective Stories...

Der vorliegende Band enthält die schönsten Krimis und Detektivgeschichten mit Father Brown. Äußerlich ist Father Brown unscheinbar, doch hinter der harmlosen Gestalt verbirgt sich ein scharfer Verstand. Father Brown pflegt sein unauffälliges Image, denn bei der Lösung seiner Kriminalfälle hilft...

El hombre que fue Jueves (The man who was Thursday: A nightmare) es una novela de G. K. Chesterton, publicada en 1908. Aunque trata de los anarquistas, la novela no es una exploración o refutación de la filosofía anarquista; de filosofía "anarquizante"...

De detras de la roca que sobresalia surgio un ruido y un movimiento fugaz parecido al de un ferrocarril, y aparecio un gran automovil. Su negra silueta recortada contra el sol coronaba la cima de la montaña, como un carro lanzandose hacia la destruccion en una desenfrenada epopeya...

Ortodoxia es un ensayo de G. K. Chesterton, publicado en 1908, que se ha convertido en un clásico sobre apologética cristiana.