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G.K. Chesterton

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in Kensington, London, England, The United Kingdom

May 29, 1874

Died

June 14, 1936

Genre

Fiction, Crime, Religion

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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. 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 co ...more

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	Orthodoxy 4.19 avg rating — 41,550 ratings — published 1908 — 1635 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 3.83 avg rating — 45,429 ratings — published 1908 — 2797 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) 3.81 avg rating — 18,501 ratings — published 1911 — 1024 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 4.16 avg rating — 10,547 ratings — published 1925 — 384 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) 4.03 avg rating — 10,650 ratings — published 1935 — 292 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 — 7,167 ratings — published 1922 — 13 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 — 5,609 ratings — published 1905 — 17 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 4.10 avg rating — 5,496 ratings — published 1933 — 198 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
	St. Francis of Assisi by G.K. Chesterton, Joseph F. Girzone (Foreword by) 3.95 avg rating — 5,616 ratings — published 1923 — 179 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) 3.75 avg rating — 5,741 ratings — published 1914 — 14 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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April 2020 Short Story/Novella Poll

The Lover by Marguerite Duras, 117 pages, 1984

63 votes, 20.5%

Sonnets From The Portugese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 93 pages, 1850

60 votes, 19.5%

The Blue Cross: A Father Brown Mystery by G.K. Chesterton, 30 pages, 1910

47 votes, 15.3%

Hadji Murat by Leo Tolstoy, 130 Pages ??, 1912

41 votes, 13.3%

Desiree's Baby by Kate Chopin, less than 26 pages, 1893

37 votes, 12.0%

Fellow-Townsmen by Thomas Hardy, 88 pages, 1880

30 votes, 9.7%

The Sagas of Ragnar Lodbrok by Anonymous, 80+- pages, 1300's

30 votes, 9.7%

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