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  • Heretics
    G. K. Chesterton / GKChesterton
    British writer GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON (1874-1936) expounded prolifically about his wide-ranging philosophies-he is impossible to categorize as 'liberal' or 'conservative,' for instance-across a wide variety of avenues: he was a literary critic, historian, playwright, novelist, columnist, and poet. His witty, humorous style earned him the title of the 'prince of paradox,' and ...
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    22,83 €

  • The Trees of Pride
    G. K. Chesterton / GKChesterton
    British writer GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON (1874-1936) expounded prolifically about his wide-ranging philosophies-he is impossible to categorize as 'liberal' or 'conservative,' for instance-across a wide variety of avenues: he was a literary critic, historian, playwright, novelist, columnist, and poet. His witty, humorous style earned him the title of the 'prince of paradox,' and ...
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    15,09 €

  • The Man Who Was Thursday
    G. K. Chesterton / GKChesterton
    British writer GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON (1874-1936) expounded prolifically about his wide-ranging philosophies-he is impossible to categorize as 'liberal' or 'conservative,' for instance-across a wide variety of avenues: he was a literary critic, historian, playwright, novelist, columnist, and poet. His witty, humorous style earned him the title of the 'prince of paradox,' and ...
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    15,17 €

  • The Ballad of the White Horse
    Chesterton G. K. Chesterton / Chesterton GKChesterton
    G.K. Chesterton was a 20th century English writer often referred to as the Prince of Paradox. This epic poem is often compared to the work of J R R R Tolkein. Chesterton takes the events in English history and alters them giving them new meaning. Chesterton sums up his beliefs by saying that there is a divine purpose in everything fate does rule our lives. ...
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    17,42 €

  • Are You A Bromide? Or The Sulphitic Theory Expounded And Exemplified According To The Most Recent Researches Into The Psychology Of Boredom (1907)
    G. K. Chesterton / GKChesterton
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    12,29 €

  • Lord Kitchener (1917)
    G. K. Chesterton / GKChesterton
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    12,03 €

  • Orthodoxy
    G. K. Chesterton / GKChesterton
    Originally published in 1908, Orthodoxy is a companion book for Chesterton’s Heretics. In this volume, considered a classic example of Christian apologetic writing, Chesterton answers his detractors by providing his own philosophy for living a Christian life. By necessity, he says, the book must begin with how he came to believe and follow the development of his own faith. Only...
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    22,87 €

  • The Napoleon of Notting Hill
    G. K. Chesterton / GKChesterton
    The human race, to which so many of my readers belong, has been playing at children’s games from the beginning, and will probably do it till the end, which is a nuisance for the few people who grow up. And one of the games to which it is most attached is called 'Keep to-morrow dark,' and which is also named (by the rustics in Shropshire, I have no doubt) 'Cheat the Prophet.' Th...
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    30,72 €

  • On Running After One’s Hat and Other Whimsies
    G. K. Chesterton / GKChesterton
    This vintage book contains a collection of twenty essays on a variety of topics written by G. K. Chesterton. The essays are on unrelated subjects ranging from losing one’s hat, to lying in bed, and manage to be both insightful and amusing. A great addition to any bookshelf, this volume is highly recommended for fans of Chesterton’s work - and lovers of witty writing. The essays...
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    32,80 €

  • Avowals and Denials - A Book of Essays
    G. K. Chesterton / GKChesterton
    This volume contains a collection of essays written by Gilbert Keith Chesterton. The essays of this collection span a variety of topics ranging from religion to politics, and will greatly appeal to fans and collectors of Chesterton’s seminal work. The essays contained herein include: “On Monsters and Logic”, “On Christmas that is Coming”, “On the Man on the Spot”, “On Shaw and ...
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    33,62 €

  • Orthodoxy
    G. K. Chesterton / GKChesterton
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    21,27 €

  • Stories, Essays and Poems
    G. K. Chesterton / GKChesterton
    Stories, Essays and Poems contains a collection of G. K. Chesterton’s works. Within is a selection of some of his stories, including 'The Blue Cross', 'The Secret Garden' and 'The Queer Feet'. His Essays, such as 'The Fallacy of Success', 'The Mad Official' and 'Hard Times'. As well as a large selection of his poems, including 'Alone', 'An Alliance' and 'The Aristocrat'. ...
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    37,77 €

  • The Wild Knight
    G. K. Chesterton / GKChesterton
    Contents Include: By the Babe Unborn The World’s Lover The Skeleton A Chord of Colour The Happy Man The Unpardonable Sin A Novelty Ultimate The Donkey The Beatific Vision The Hope of the Streets Ecclesiastes The Songs of the Children The Fish Gold Leaves Thou Shalt Not Kill A Certain Evening A Man and His Image The Mariner The Triumph of Man Cyclopean Joseph Modern Elfland Eter...
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    31,61 €

  • Poems By G. K. Chesterton
    G. K. Chesterton / GKChesterton
    This antiquarian volume contains a collection of poems written by Gilbert Keith Chesterton. A delightful collection worthy of a place atop any bookshelf, this compendium is a veritable must-have for fans of Chesterton’s work, and is one not to be missed by the discerning collector. The poems contained herein include: ’To Edmund Clerihew Bentley’, ’To Hilaire Belloc’, ’To M.E.W....
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    40,98 €

  • The Ballad of the White Horse
    Chesterton G. K. / Chesterton GK. / G. K. Chesterton / GKChesterton
    This ballad needs no historical notes, for the simple reason that it does not profess to be historical. All of it that is not frankly fictitious, as in any prose romance about the past, is meant to emphasize tradition rather than history. King Alfred is not a legend in the sense that King Arthur may be a legend; that is, in the sense that he may possibly be a lie. But King Alfr...
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    29,97 €

  • What’s Wrong with the World?
    G. K. Chesterton / GKChesterton
    This vintage book contains a collection of forty-nine essays written by Gilbert Keith Chesterton that deal with the various societal problems of his day. A fascinating and arguably timeless social inquiry, 'What’s Wrong with the World?' tackles such subjects as role of women in society, education, socialism, capitalism, the family unit, and much more. This volume is highly reco...
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    32,39 €

  • Fancies Versus Fads
    G. K. Chesterton / GKChesterton
    Contents Include: The Romance of Rhyme Hamlet and the Psych-Analyst The Meaning of Mock Turkey Shakespeare and the Legal Lady On Being an Old Bean The Fear of the Film Wings and the Housemaid The Slavery of Free Verse Prohibition and the Press The Mercy of Mr.Arnold Bennett A Defence of Dramatic Unities The Boredom of Butterflies The Terror of a Toy False Theory and the Theatre...
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    34,74 €

  • William Blake
    G. K. Chesterton / GKChesterton
    n this exceptional work, produced as part of a series of literary biographies throughout the 1920s, author G.K. Chesterton directly addresses the question of whether William Blake’s genius was tainted by mental illness or whether part of the key to his success was his idiosyncratic perspective.An impressive chronicler of Blake’s life, Chesterton weaves well-reasoned description...
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    27,89 €

  • Charles Dickens A Critical Study
    G. K. Chesterton / GKChesterton
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    35,63 €

  • G. K. Chesterton’s Early Poetry
    G. K. Chesterton / GKChesterton
    This book unites under one cover G. K. Chesterton’s first three books of poetry: Greybeards at Play (1900), The Wild Knight and Other Poems (1900) and The Ballad of the White Horse (1911). All text and illustrations are based on the first UK editions. Poet W. H. Auden noted that the first book 'contains some of the best pure nonsense verse in English.' ...
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    13,81 €

  • Tremendous Trifles
    G. K. Chesterton / GKChesterton
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    17,32 €

  • The Crimes Of England
    G. K. Chesterton / GKChesterton
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    13,40 €

  • The Club Of Queer Trades
    G. K. Chesterton / GKChesterton
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    14,55 €

  • The Innocence Of Father Brown
    G. K. Chesterton / GKChesterton
    The Innocence of Father Brown is a collection of short stories written by G.K. Chesterton, first published in 1911. The book features the character of Father Brown, a Catholic priest who uses his intuitive skills to solve crimes. Each story presents a different mystery that Father Brown must solve, often involving complex and seemingly unsolvable cases. The stories are set in v...
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    32,14 €

  • A Miscellany Of Men
    G. K. Chesterton / GKChesterton
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    16,75 €

  • All Things Considered
    G. K. Chesterton / GKChesterton
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    17,04 €

  • Orthodoxy
    G. K. Chesterton / GKChesterton
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    17,18 €

  • Manalive
    G. K. Chesterton / GKChesterton
    Manalive is a novel written by G.K. Chesterton, first published in 1912. The story revolves around Innocent Smith, a man who is accused of various crimes but who always manages to escape conviction. He is a man who lives life to the fullest, always seeking adventure and excitement. He arrives at a boarding house and soon becomes the center of attention for the other residents, ...
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    29,27 €

  • The Man Who Was Thursday
    G. K. Chesterton / GKChesterton
    The Man Who Was Thursday is a novel written by G.K. Chesterton. The story is set in London and follows the protagonist, Gabriel Syme, who is recruited by a secret anti-anarchist police force. Syme is assigned the task of infiltrating a group of anarchists who are planning to overthrow the government. The group is led by a mysterious figure known as Sunday. As Syme gets deeper i...
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    29,43 €

  • The Wild Knight And Other Poems
    G. K. Chesterton / GKChesterton
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    16,48 €


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