The sword of wood

by G.K. Chesterton

The Sword of Wood G. K. CHESTERTON We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Genres: Historical Fiction

25 pages, Unknown Binding

First published June 1, 1928

About the author

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 columns for the Illustrated London News, and 13 years of weekly columns for the Daily News. He also edited his own newspaper, G.K.’s Weekly.

Chesterton was equally at ease with literary and social criticism, history, politics, economics, philosophy, and theology.

Reviews

[Manuel Alfonseca · Rating 3 out of 5]

ENGLISH: A typical short story by Chesterton, with a surprising ending and a moral. It's in the line of The Napoleon of Notting Hill and The Return of Don Quixote, but much shorter.

ESPAÑOL: Un cuento típico de Chesterton, con un final sorprendente y una moraleja. Está en la línea de The Napoleon of Notting Hill y The Return of Don Quixote, pero es mucho más corto.

[Chris Wright · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice short story by Chesterton that emphasizes the triumph of tradition over modernism. It's not one of his better known works, but it's worth a read if you come across a copy.

[Lucy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quintessential Chesterton. It has everything that makes him such an individual voice. Find it and read it if you can.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyable little tale by one of my favorite authors.