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A fictionalised G. K. Chesterton is the central character in the Young Chesterton Chronicles, a series of young adult adventure novels by John McNichol, and in the G K Chesterton Mystery series, a series of detective novels by the Australian author Kel Richards. Another fictional character named Gil Chesterton is a food and wine critic who works for KACL, the Seattle radio station featured in the American television series Frasier. Major works ...
Born in London, G.K. Chesterton was educated at St. Paul’s, but never went to college. He went to art school. In 1900, he was asked to contribute a few magazine articles on art criticism, and went on to become one of the most prolific writers of all time. He wrote a hundred books, contributions to 200 more, hundreds of poems, including the ...
Jun 10, 2024 · G.K. Chesterton was an English critic and author of verse, essays, novels, and short stories, known also for his exuberant personality and rotund figure. (Read Chesterton’s 1929 Britannica essay on Dickens.) Chesterton was educated at St. Paul’s School and later studied art at the Slade School and
4. The Man Who Was Thursday. Subtitled A Nightmare, this 1908 book is surely Chesterton’s best-known novel. The centrepiece is the meeting of the Council of the New Anarchists, each of whose seven members is named after a day of the week (hence the novel’s title).
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Who is G.K. Chesterton? Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) is a writer like none other. As a journalist, he wrote thousands of essays for the London newspapers. But he also wrote a hundred books: novels, poetry, plays, literary criticism, history, economic theory, philosophy, and theology. And detective stories.
1874–1936. G.K. Chesterton was one of the dominating figures of the London literary scene in the early 20th century. Not only did he get into lively discussions with anyone who would debate him, including his friend, frequent verbal sparring partner, and noted Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, but he wrote about seemingly every topic, in ...
G.K.Chesterton on The Internet Archive The Internet Archive, at archive.org has several works by Chesterton including some audiobooks. Father Brown Videos and DVDs Acorn Media have released three collections of Father Brown stories on VHS video and DVD. Starring Kenneth More as Father Brown and Dennis Burgess as Flambeau the programmes were originally televised in 1974.
My aim is to provide a single source for all of Chesterton's works which are available as etexts. The main Chesterton page is here . If you have any other Chesterton works please email them to me at the address: martin@gkc.org.uk . Also, if you spot any mistakes, typos etc. in any file, then let me know about them.
edit data. Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an English writer, philosopher, lay theologian, and literary and art critic. He was educated at St. Paul’s, and went to art school at University College London. In 1900, he was asked to contribute a few magazine articles on art criticism, and went on to become one of the most prolific writers of all time.
