Bøker av G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton's celebrity priest-detective returns in The Secret of Father Brown, the fourth of five collections of short stories featuring Father Brown. Through his uncanny ability to anticipate the actions of others and his profound understanding of human nature, Father Brown uncovers the truth behind perplexing murders, elaborate robberies, and other acts of maleficence. Flambeau, once the most famous burglar in France and now a detective in England, makes a reappearance as Father Brown's reformed friend and colleague in the two stories that frame the eight detective mysteries in this volume. Father Brown's investigations involve such varied characters as the celebrated poet Osric Orm, the Robin Hood-like criminal Michael Moonshine, the goldfish-obsessed Peregrine Smart, the haggard theatre manager Mundon Mandeville, and the eccentric Lady Mounteagle. This collection includes "The Vanishing of Vaudrey," one of Chesterton's most memorable and startling stories, and "The Chief Mourner of Marne," a story that vies with "The Sign of the Broken Sword" for the position of Chesterton's masterpiece.

Utopia Of Usurers And Other Essays is purely the own experience of Sir G.K. Chesterton. This compilation of Chesterton's articles includes a variety of condensed pieces on political and economic subjects that are mostly focused on people and events from his own time. These articles were ostensibly chosen and assembled as the best representations of Chesterton's own political-economic philosophy, a goal that was successfully attained. The author is ruthless in his criticism of the wealthy and elitist social elite who wish to impose their beliefs on everyone else. Sir Chesterton demonstrates how every area of daily life has been severely harmed by a mindset that views money gain as the end of life, at the expense of those higher and human qualities without which life is hardly worth living, using his classic humor and rigorous logic.

One of the most well-known and prolific authors of the twentieth century addresses a variety of issues in the appropriately named book What's Wrong With the World, including feminism, big business, education, and the government. Chesterton boldly condemned materialism, elitism, hypocrisy, and every opponent of freedom and simplicity in contemporary society. He was a devoted supporter of the working man, family, and faith. The critical writings included for this book, drawn from the dozens of articles the author wrote over the course of his lifetime for newspapers and magazines, pulse with his own brand of smart criticism. These essays provide Chesterton's unmatched analysis of modern ideals, his razor-sharp critique of contemporary efficiency, and his humorous but sincere defense of the common man against fashion-setting social assaults. They are still as enjoyable to read and rewarding today as they were when they were written more than a century ago.

Tremendous Trifles is a fictional novel written by English writer G. K. Chesterton. The Editor of the DAILY NEWS, the publication where these brief sketches first appeared, has reprinted them. These are essentially sporadic diaries, which is all the author has ever been able to do. However how unimportant the subjects may be, they do have a motivation that runs through them. The reader's eye likely lands somewhere, such as a bedpost, lamppost, window blind, or wall, as it wanders heartily relieved from these pages. The essays throughout provoke laughs and blank looks as they introduce readers to a new viewpoint. Tremendous Trifles by G. K. Chesterton is a compilation of classic thoughts consolidated into a single draft and can be read by readers of any age.

The New Jerusalem is a philosophical travelog by G. K. Chesterton, a British author. This collection of essays is about Chesterton's visits to Jerusalem in 1919 and a eulogy on the Middle Ages and the true end of the Roman Empire. Here, the realities of the earthly Jerusalem are loosely painted. This book of Jerusalem's past demonstrates how thoroughly Chesterton anticipated the Middle East's future. As always, Sir Chesterton does a fantastic job of giving the reader a fascinating story and a deeper understanding of his journey toward Jerusalem. If you are not familiar with this amazing city, you should visit Jerusalem through this book from Chesterton's eyes during his journey from Europe to Palestine, which can pull you into its unique essays.

The man who knew too much is a collection of short stories written by G. K. Chesterton which is centered around Horne Fisher, who is a font of all knowledge, which enables him to solve crimes and mysteries in less time. Fisher is a man who socializes with journalists and politicians (and comes from a family of politicians himself). They solve all sorts of crimes that turn out to have political implications and must therefore never be revealed to the general public, or the consequences would be terrible. Fisher employs his information to reveal the actual criminals of various crimes, from theft to murder, through eight short stories. Some murder stories are gruesome while others can draw you into the mystery. Short murder mysteries are told throughout the stories, and Mr. Fisher solves the crimes. But, how? How does Fisher solve these murder mysteries? Will his two friends help him out? To find out more about this man who knew too much, Readers should go through this interesting book!

A poem by English author G. K. Chesterton called The Ballad of the White Horse describes the bravery of the Saxon King Alfred the Great in an idealized manner. The poem, a ballad, has been regarded as one of the last truly fantastic traditional epic poems ever composed in English. The poem describes how the Virgin Mary helped Alfred beat the Dane invaders in the Battle of Ethandun. Chesterton opted to include the Battle of Ethandune in the Valley of the White Horse even though there is no historical support for it in his poem. There are 2,684 lines of English verse throughout the entire poem. They are broken up into stanzas, which normally include 4 to 6 lines each. The Ballad Of The White Horse has been deemed a classic and has been a great collection of ideas comprehended in a single draft to be read by readers of several age groups.

The Innocence of Father Brown is a mystery novel which is written by the English novelist G.K. Chesterton. Father Brown is a fictional Roman Catholic priest and amateur detective who appears in 53 short stories by Sir Chesterton that were published between 1910 and 1936. This main character played by Chesterton is a dumpy, bigoted, narrow-minded, but ultimately smart priest, who goes around solving mysteries that flummox everyone. Father Brown uses his intuition and in-depth knowledge of human nature to solve puzzles and murders. Father Brown, as he is referred to by Chesterton, is a short, stumpy Roman Catholic priest with shapeless clothing, a big umbrella, and a perplexing understanding of human wickedness. The stories are utterly, unashamedly absurd, not too taxing, and fantastic fun to follow in ''the innocence of Father Brown''. As always Sir Chesterton has never disappointed his readers in the Father brown series that makes this book also into a marvelous one!

Manalive is a Comedy, Mystery novel written by English writer G. K. Chesterton. The book explores the "holy fool," a popular concept in both Religion and his own philosophy. There are two parts to this book. The first, "The Enigma of Innocent Smith," is about a new resident moving into a London boarding house called Beacon House. The trial is followed in the second part, "The Explanations of Innocent Smith." Moses Gould, a joyfully cynical Jew who resides at Beacon House who thinks Smith is at best a fool and at worst a crook, and Dr. Cyrus Pym, an American criminal expert appointed by Dr. Warner, make up the prosecution; Michael Moon and Arthur Inglewood represent the defense. The allegations against Smith are supported by letters from those who saw the alleged behavior in question or took part in it. Can Smith's defendant prove him innocent or not? To open up the mystery, readers should go through the novel, Manalive.

The Wisdom Of Father Brown is an amazing series written by Sir G. K. Chesterton. In this collection of tales, Father Brown solves the crimes of an unidentified thief named Mr. Glass, a bandit attack, a man who backs out of a duel, a murderer whose description changes depending on which witness describes him, an escaped prisoner, a blackmailer with a crooked nose, a man who stubbornly refuses to take off his purple wig, and a doomed family of aristocrats. But how will Father Brown solve this mystery? How will he deal with this scary criminal, Mr. Glass? These twelve short stories feature the priest Father Brown and his friend Inspector Flambeau. In some respects similar to Poirot, Father Brown uses observation and thought to find solutions, but does it in a humble and unassuming way. To read about these mysterious stories which are cleverly solved by Father Brown, readers should go through this novel!

The Crimes Of England is a fictional novel written by English writer G. K. Chesterton. The book showcases Chesterton's views on the First World War. The Central Powers and the Allies, especially France, the United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the United States, fought each other in this conflict (led by Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire). Chesterton talks about the unusual and highly controversial things of the war. He put his arguments with many points in his favor. His ideologies and style of writing make the reader turn pages. The book has been a classic and is appreciated among the readers. Chesterton is a wonderful writer and thinker therefore, this book should surely be on the reading list of everyone who wants to understand more about Chesterton and his philosophy.

Heretics is a collection of twenty essays written by English author G. K. Chesterton where he attempts to compile many of his classic thoughts that are consolidated into a single draft. The concerns he addresses in Heretics are just as relevant to "vague moderns" in the 21st century as they were to those in the 20th. The topics covered in the book include cosmology, anthropology, and soteriology. He also makes arguments against social Darwinism, eugenics, German humanism, English utilitarianism, French nihilism, and European elite hubris. G. K. Chesterton states the philosophy of Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw. He opposed the philosophy of Sir Wilde but to read what he said, Readers should go through the well-written book, ''Heretics''. With an eye-catching cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Heretics is both modern and relatable. The book has been regarded as a classic and has been a great collection of ideas to be read by readers of any age group.

"It will be very reasonably asked why I should consent, though upon a sort of challenge, to write even a popular essay in English history, who make no pretence to particular scholarship and am merely a member of the public. The answer is that I know just enough to know one thing: that a history from the standpoint of a member of the public has not been written. What we call the popular histories should rather be called the anti-popular histories. They are all, nearly without exception, written against the people; and in them the populace is either ignored or elaborately proved to have been wrong."

Gilbert Keith Chesterton KC*SG (29 May 1874 - 14 June 1936) was an English writer, philosopher, Christian apologist, and literary and art critic. He has been referred to as the "prince of paradox". Of his writing style, Time observed: "Whenever possible, Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories-first carefully turning them inside out."Chesterton created the fictional priest-detective Father Brown, and wrote on apologetics. Even some of those who disagree with him have recognised the wide appeal of such works as Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man. Chesterton routinely referred to himself as an "orthodox" Christian, and came to identify this position more and more with Catholicism, eventually converting to Roman Catholicism from high church Anglicanism. Biographers have identified him as a successor to such Victorian authors as Matthew Arnold, Thomas Carlyle, John Henry Newman and John Ruskin.Chesterton wrote around 80 books, several hundred poems, some 200 short stories, 4,000 essays (mostly newspaper columns), and several plays. He was a literary and social critic, historian, playwright, novelist, Catholic theologian and apologist, debater, and mystery writer. He was a columnist for the Daily News, The Illustrated London News, and his own paper, G. K.'s Weekly; he also wrote articles for the Encyclopedia Britannica, including the entry on Charles Dickens and part of the entry on Humour in the 14th edition (1929). His best-known character is the priest-detective Father Brown, who appeared only in short stories, while The Man Who Was Thursday is arguably his best-known novel. He was a convinced Christian long before he was received into the Catholic Church, and Christian themes and symbolism appear in much of his writing. In the United States, his writings on distributism were popularised through The American Review, published by Seward Collins in New York.Of his nonfiction, Charles Dickens: A Critical Study (1906) has received some of the broadest-based praise. According to Ian Ker (The Catholic Revival in English Literature, 1845-1961, 2003), "In Chesterton's eyes Dickens belongs to Merry, not Puritan, England"; Ker treats Chesterton's thought in chapter 4 of that book as largely growing out of his true appreciation of Dickens, a somewhat shop-soiled property in the view of other literary opinions of the time. The biography was largely responsible for creating a popular revival for Dickens's work as well as a serious reconsideration of Dickens by scholars.Chesterton's writings consistently displayed wit and a sense of humour. He employed paradox, while making serious comments on the world, government, politics, economics, philosophy, theology and many other topics. ...(wikipedia.org)

" Rightly or wrongly, it is certain that a man both liberal and chivalric, can and very often does feel a dis-ease and distrust touching those political women we call Suffragettes. Like most other popular sentiments, it is generally wrongly stated even when it is rightly felt. One part of it can be put most shortly thus: that when a woman puts up her fists to a man she is putting herself in the only posture in which he is not afraid of her. He can be afraid of her speech and still more of her silence; but force reminds him of a rusted but very real weapon of which he has grown ashamed. But these crude summaries are never quite accurate in any matter of the instincts...."

" It will be very reasonably asked why I should consent, though upon a sort of challenge, to write even a popular essay in English history, who make no pretence to particular scholarship and am merely a member of the public. The answer is that I know just enough to know one thing: that a history from the standpoint of a member of the public has not been written. What we call the popular histories should rather be called the anti-popular histories. They areall, nearly without exception, written against the people; and in them the populace is either ignored or elaborately proved to have been wrong...."

" Alone at some distance from the wasting walls of a disused abbey I found half sunken in the grass the grey and goggle-eyed visage of one of those graven monsters that made the ornamental water-spouts in the cathedrals of the Middle Ages. It lay there, scoured ancient rains or striped recent fungus, but still looking like the head of some huge dragon slain a primeval hero. And as I looked at it, I thought of the meaning of the grotesque, and passed into some symbolic reverie of the three great stages of art..."

Orthodoxy is a nonfiction book written by G.K. Chesterton. He was an English writer and critic of the mid-twentieth century. He was a productive author who wrote over 100 books and added to no less than 200 additional during his lifetime. His book, "Orthodoxy", contends that Christianity is an extraordinary religion since it provides us conviction about our purpose in life.Orthodoxy is a book that explains why Christianity has been around for such a long time and continues to be significant in the present society. It uses common sense and everyday perceptions to explain its thoughts regarding human nature and the advantages of living an ethical life. G.K. Chesterton criticizes present-day philosophers for deleting religion from their lives and urges individuals to question everything, including religion.Chesterton starts by evaluating fairy tales, however, he explains why they're valuable. Basically, God doesn't want us to understand the reason for our existence. Chesterton says that fairy tales are black and white. Fantasies either overstate trust or depression.He uses the example of martyrs and suicidal people as inverse samples of extreme optimism and pessimism respectively. Christianity finds harmony between these extremes since it gives us barely enough hope while keeping us humble.

G. K. Chesterton published a collection of short stories called The Club of Queer Trades. Each tale in the anthology centers on a character who earns a living uniquely and remarkably (a ""queer trade"", using the word ""queer"" in the sense of ""strange"").""Cherub"" Swinburne's frame story details his search for The Club of Queer Trades with his friend Basil Grant, a retired judge, and Rupert Grant, a private investigator, and Basil's younger brother. The meeting with one of the trades is detailed in each of the stories.These six little tales are lighthearted and humorous but not trite. Basil Grant, a retired and reclusive former judge who is described as insane, mystical, and a poet, with essentially no acquaintances, but who ""would talk to anyone anyplace,"" goes on adventures with Swinburne. These six little tales are lighthearted and humorous but not trite. Basil Grant, a retired and reclusive former judge who is described as insane, mystical, and a poet, with essentially no acquaintances, but who ""would talk to anyone anyplace,"" goes on adventures with Swinburne.

"Those who are quick in talking are not always quick in listening." -G. K. Chesterton, "The Oracle of the Dog"The Incredulity of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton (1926) is the third in a collection of eight mysteries featuring Father Brown, a detective the author created to reflect on his own experiences with fame, with traveling to America, and with religious conversion.The other seven mysteries in the collection are:¿ "The Resurrection of Father Brown"¿ "The Arrow of Heaven"¿ "The Oracle of the Dog"¿ "The Miracle of Moon Crescent"¿ "The Curse of the Golden Cross"¿ "The Dagger with Wings"¿ "The Doom of the Darnaways"In addition to The Incredulity of Father Brown, Cosimo has released several other titles in the Father Brown series.

"Eugenics itself, in large quantities or small, coming quickly or coming slowly, urged from good motives or bad, applied to a thousand people or applied to three, Eugenics itself is a thing no more to be bargained about than poisoning." -G. K. Chesterton, Eugenics and Other EvilsEugenics and Other Evils: An Argument Against the Scientifically Organized State (1922) was written by G. K. Chesterton as an attack on a bill being debated by the British parliament that would have legalized eugenics. This bill was the culmination of a campaign instigated by Sir Francis Galton and H. G. Wells, among others. They represented a number of contemporary intellectuals who believed the government should sterilize people deemed "mentally defective." In his book, Chesterton, who was strongly motivated by Christian theology, argued that spiritual principles were more important than scientific ones in the governance of human affairs. Ultimately, the bill failed to pass by a vote of 167 to 89.

An unabridged edition to include: Prefatory Note - Introduction: The Plan of This Book - The Man in the Cave - Professors and Prehistoric Men - The Antiquity of Civilization - God and Comparative Religion - Man and Mythologies - Demons and the Philosophers - The War of the Gods and Demons - The End of the World - The God in the Cave - The Riddles of the Gospel - The Strangest Story in the World - The Witness of the Heretics - The Escape from Paganism - The Five Deaths of the Faith - Conclusion: The Summary of This Book - Appendix I: On Prehistoric Man - Appendix II: On Authority and Accuracy.