G.K. Chesterton

Born

in Kensington, London, England

May 29, 1874

Died

June 14, 1936

Genre

Fiction, Crime, Religion

Influences

Charles Dickens, Thomas Aquinas, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Browni ...more

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Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was born in London, 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. He wrote a hundred books, contributions to 200 more, hundreds of poems, including the epic Ballad of the White Horse, five plays, five novels, and some two hundred short stories, including a popular series featuring the priest-detective, Father Brown. In spite of his literary accomplishments, he considered himself primarily a journalist. He wrote over 4000 newspaper essays, including 30 years worth of weekly columns for the Illustrated London News, and 13 years of w ...more

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G.K. Chesterton’s books

Average rating: 3.97 · 139,179 ratings · 11,232 reviews · 1,432 distinct works • Similar authors

	Orthodoxy 4.17 avg rating — 26,665 ratings — published 1908 — 584 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G.K. Chesterton, Jonathan Lethem (Introduction) 3.84 avg rating — 26,471 ratings — published 1908 — 727 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Innocence of Father Brown (Father Brown, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 11,687 ratings — published 1911 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Everlasting Man 4.20 avg rating — 6,124 ratings — published 1925 — 152 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Father Brown (Father Brown #1-5) 4.07 avg rating — 6,782 ratings — published 1951 — 119 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Man Who Knew Too Much 3.59 avg rating — 5,403 ratings — published 1922 — 360 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saint Thomas Aquinas by G.K. Chesterton, Anton C. Pegis 4.15 avg rating — 3,164 ratings — published 1933 — 78 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wisdom of Father Brown (Father Brown, #2) 3.88 avg rating — 3,845 ratings — published 1914 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heretics 4.17 avg rating — 3,135 ratings — published 1905 — 321 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Manalive 4.19 avg rating — 2,555 ratings — published 1912 — 230 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by G.K. Chesterton

Father Brown (5 books)
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G.K. Chesterton

3.92 avg rating — 28,152 ratings

The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton (30 books)
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Iain T. Benson (Introduction)

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Quotes by G.K. Chesterton

“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”
― G.K. Chesterton

tags: life, passion, war

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“Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.”
― G.K. Chesterton, Alarms and Discursions

tags: cheese, poetry

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“Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.”
― G.K. Chesterton

tags: books, literature, on-fiction

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Polls

Which Classic SF/F Novel do You want to Discuss with the Group in October?

Downward to the Earth by Robert Silverberg

5 votes, 27.8%

The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton

4 votes, 22.2%

The First Book of Swords (Books of Swords, #1) by Fred Saberhagen

The First Book of Swords by Fred Saberhagen

4 votes, 22.2%

The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner

3 votes, 16.7%

Time and Again by Clifford D. Simak

2 votes, 11.1%

The Red Lion: The Elixir of Eternal Life by Mária Szepes

0 votes, 0.0%

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