Gilbert Keith Chesterton, (29 May 1874 - 14 June 1936), better known as G. K. Chesterton, was an English writer, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, lay theologian, biographer, and literary and art critic. Chesterton is often referred to as the "prince of paradox."Time magazine has observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories-first carefully turning them inside out."Chesterton is well known for his fictional priest-detective Father Brown, and for his reasoned apologetics. Even some of those who disagree...

To the Reader Part 1: The False Theory Chapter I: What is Eugenics? Chapter II: The First Obstacles Chapter III: The Anarchy from Above Chapter IV: The Lunatic and the Law Chapter V: The Flying Authority Chapter VI: The Unanswered Challenge Chapter VII: The Established Church of Doubt Chapter VIII: A Summary of a False Theory Part 2: The Real Aim Chapter I: The Impotence of Impenitence Chapter II: True History of a Tramp Chapter III: True History of a Eugenist Chapter IV: The Vengeance of the Flesh Chapter V: The Meanness of the Motive Chapter VI: The Eclipse of Liberty Chapter VII: The...

Ein Detektiv....Eine geheime Gesellschaft...und eine ausserordentliche Entdeckung."

Nothing more strangely indicates an enormous and silent evil of modern society than the extraordinary use which is made nowadays of the word "orthodox."

In former days the heretic was proud of not being a heretic. It was the kingdoms of the world and the police and the judges who were heretics. He was orthodox. He had no pride in having rebelled against them; they had rebelled against him. The armies with their cruel security, the kings with their cold faces, the decorous processes of State, the reasonable processes of law-all these like sheep had gone astray.

The man was...

Orthodoxy (1908) is a book by G. K. Chesterton that has become a classic of Christian apologetics.

Chesterton considered this book a companion to his other work, Heretics. In the book's preface Chesterton states the purpose is to "attempt an explanation, not of whether the Christian faith can be believed, but of how he personally has come to believe it."

In it, Chesterton presents an original view of Christian religion. He sees it as the answer to natural human needs, the "answer to a riddle" in his own words, and not simply as an arbitrary truth received from somewhere...

First published in 1911, The Innocence of Father Brown is the first of G. K. Chesterton's mystery anthologies featuring his eponymous Roman Catholic sleuth. There are twelve Father Brown mysteries in this collection: The Blue Cross, The Secret Garden, The Queer Feet, The Flying Stars, The Invisible Man, The Honour of Israel Gow, The Wrong Shape, The Sins of Prince Saradine, The Hammer of God, The Eye of Apollo, The Sign of the Broken Sword and The Three Tools of Death.

First published in 1914, The Wisdom of Father Brown is the second of G. K. Chesterton's mystery anthologies featuring his eponymous Roman Catholic sleuth. There are twelve Father Brown mysteries in this collection: The Absence of Mr Glass, The Paradise of Thieves, The Duel of Dr Hirsch, The Man in the Passage, The Mistake of the Machine, The Head of Caesar, The Purple Wig, The Perishing of the Pendragons, The God of the Gongs, The Salad of Colonel Cray, The Strange Crime of John Boulnois and The Fairy Tale of Father Brown.

This collection of thirty-seven essays by G. K. Chesterton was first collected in 1929 and constitutes the cream of introductions and prefaces he had contributed by that date. Some of them, such as his startling essay on Job, are well known, but most of them have not seen the light of day since this volume drifted into obscurity. Some of these pieces are about people as well known as Matthew Arnold or Dr. Johnson, and the bulk of these are on literary figures; but others may veer on to such topics as Magna Carta or drinking songs. When Chesterton began writing for the Illustrated London News,...

Classics for Your Collection:
goo.gl/U80LCr
---------
The book All Things Considered is a highly entertaining and insightful compilation of musings and essays on a wide variety of topics for London Daily News and covers a wide variety of topics.
Some of the topics in -All Things Considered- are light-hearted (for example, when he talks about canvassing for votes), while others are a bit more serious (basically when he starts talking about religion or science). But even when he's serious, he's not ponderous. Then again, he does say in the...

The Man Who Knew Too Much by G. K. Chesterton, unabridged republishing of a classic detective story. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1922) is a book of detective stories by English writer G. K. Chesterton, published by Cassell and Company in 1922.