Name: Alarms and Discursions
SKU: 57921755
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Author: G. K. Chesterton
ISBN: 9781449547721

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Author

G. K. Chesterton

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

110

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

25.4x17.8x0.6 cm

Weight

0.20 kg.

ISBN13

9781449547721

Synopsis "Alarms and Discursions"

Chesterton has been called the "prince of paradox" and Alarms and Discursions is a collections of short stories and essays where you will find his contradictory imagination flowing very well in some stories.

G. K. Chesterton

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G. K. Chesterton (London, May 29, 1874 – Beaconsfield, June 14, 1936) was a prolific British writer, author of essays, novels, poetry, biographies, and Christian apologetics. His work is characterized by irony, paradoxical wit, and a critical view of modernity. He was a prominent convert to Catholicism and an influential figure in religious and literary thought of his time. He is also known for his brilliant argumentative style and his defense of common sense.

Among his most recognized works are The Man Who Was Thursday (1908), Orthodoxy (1908), The Innocence of Father Brown (1911), Heretics (1905), The Ball and the Cross (1909), and The Resurrection of Rome (1930). He cultivated the essay, the novel of ideas, detective stories, and social and religious criticism.

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