G K Chesterton: 423 books

Book cover of Ortodoxia
by G.K. Chesterton
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 4, 2013

Es éste, sin lugar a dudas, uno de los libros más representativos de G. K. Chesterton y probablemente su mejor ensayo. Una especie de autobiografía espiritual y vagabunda que completa lo iniciado en su libro Herejes, de 1905 (Acantilado, 2007). Optimista y polémico, perspicaz tour de force hacia...
Book cover of 7 best short stories: British Authors
by Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K. Chesterton, John Galsworthy
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2019

British literary tradition is very rich. It unites the heritage of its own classics, such as medieval and Shakespeare productions, as well as the cultural influences of the various colonies and peoples who, throughout history, have mixed into British imagination. The critic August Nemo brings an excerpt...
Book cover of 7 best short stories: Detective Fiction
by Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, G. K. Chesterton
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2019

Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective—either professional, amateur or retired—investigates a crime, often murder. The detective genre began around the same time as speculative fiction and other genre fiction in the mid-nineteenth...
Book cover of Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens
by G. K. Chesterton
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2014

G. K. Chesterton was a great admirer of Charles Dickens, and wrote a noted critique of Dickens' works expressing his opinion in his own inimitable style.
Book cover of Menschenskind

Menschenskind

Die turbulente und phantastische Geschichte des Innozenz Smith

by G. K. Chesterton
Language: German
Release Date: February 11, 2018

In Beacon House zieht ein neuer Mieter ein. Es ist ein Sonderling namens Innozenz Smith. Wie Mary Poppins wird dieser Mann von einem großen Wind begleitet, und er haucht dem Haushalt mit seinen Spielen und Mätzchen neues Leben ein. 'Menschenskind' (engl. Original: 'Manalive', 1912) ist ein Buch...
Book cover of El Candor del Padre Brown
by G. K. Chesterton
Language: Spanish
Release Date: July 24, 2017

El Padre Brown es el más famoso personaje de G.K. Chesterton, un curita católico rural cuya perspicacia y conocimiento de la naturaleza humana le permite resolver los más difíciles casos policíacos. Los relatos del Padre Brown se publicaron entre 1911 y 1935. Este volumen recoge doce famosos...
Book cover of Robert Louis Stevenson
by G.K. Chesterton
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 12, 2017

Toda la vida de Stevenson está condicionada por una cierta complejidad que cierta ternura por la lengua inglesa nos veda llamar compleja. Era una especie de paradoja, en cuya virtud estaba él a la vez más y menos protegido que otros hombres, como alguien que cruza los caminos más salvajes del mundo en un carromato cubierto.
Book cover of Alarms and Discursions
by G. K. Chesterton
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2019

This volume contains a collection of essays written by G. K. Chesterton. These essays were originally published in the 'Daily News', and cover a range of topics ranging from Gargoyles to strolls around Marble Arch. The essays contained herein include: The Surrender of a Cockney, The Nightmare, The...
Book cover of Robert Louis Stevenson
by G.K. Chesterton
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 13, 2017

Toda la vida de Stevenson está condicionada por una cierta complejidad que cierta ternura por la lengua inglesa nos veda llamar compleja. Era una especie de paradoja, en cuya virtud estaba él a la vez más y menos protegido que otros hombres, como alguien que cruza los caminos más salvajes del mundo en un carromato cubierto.
Book cover of The Complete Father Brown Stories
by G K Chesterton
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of G. K. Chesterton's Father Brown mysteries, BBC One Daytime has commissioned a new 10-part drama series for January 2013 to bring the priest-turned-detective back to life. BBC Books will be publishing a new edition of the original and complete short stories to...
Book cover of Cómo escribir relatos policíacos
by G.K. Chesterton
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 15, 2011

Los relatos del padre Brown han entrado a formar parte de nuestra mitología particular. Las historias detectivescas protagonizadas por un sacerdote católico, sin más ayuda que su sentido común, un formidable conocimiento del género humano y un paraguas, nos llegan arropadas por un perspicaz candor...
Book cover of Father Brown: Essential Tales
by G. K. Chesterton
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an English writer who lived at the turn of the 20th century. His works explored a number of subjects such as philosophy, poetry, journalism, lectures, criticism, and theatrical plays. However, his best-known stories feature the character of an English priest and detective...
Book cover of Superstition of Divorce
by G. K. Chesterton
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2014

This short book was written in 1920, and in it Chesterton, with his usual wit and incisive logic, presents a series of articles defending marriage and indicating the weaknesses in divorce. He did this 16 year before the first Christian denomination in the world allowed it's members to divorce. Till...
Book cover of Twelve Types: A Book of Essays (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
by G. K. Chesterton
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2011

In this rich collection of biographical essays, Chesterton illuminates twelve of the most influential figures in European history. With characteristic insight and critical thought, Chesterton creates enduring portraits of such figures as Charlotte Brontë, Lord Byron, Thomas Carlyle, Charles II, St....
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