The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton, Volume 1

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Ignatius Press, 1986 - Literary Collections - 397 pages

Contains three of Chesterton's most influential works. In Heretics, Chesterton sets forth one of the most telling critiques of contemporary religious notions ever. The Blatchford Controversies are the spirited public debate which led to the writing of Heretics. Then in Orthodoxy, Chesterton accepts the challenge of his opponents and sets forth his own reasons for accepting the Christian Faith.

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Review: The Collected Works of GK Chesterton Volume 34: The Illustrated London News, 1926-1928

User Review  - Richard Brand - Goodreads

You are not reading this volume, you have not read this far in the Collected works of Chesterton, you have not plowed through so many pages of this man's work, if you do not like the way he writes, the way he thinks, and the things he says. This is just more vintage GK and it is good.

Review: The Collected Works of GK Chesterton Volume 02: St. Francis of Assisi; The Everlasting Man; St. Thomas Aquinas

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St Francis 3/13/03

About the author

Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London, England, in 1874. He began his education at St Paul's School, and later went on to study art at the Slade School, and literature at University College in London. Chesterton wrote a great deal of poetry, as well as works of social and literary criticism. Among his most notable books are The Man Who Was Thursday, a metaphysical thriller, and The Everlasting Man, a history of humankind's spiritual progress. After Chesterton converted to Catholicism in 1922, he wrote mainly on religious topics. Chesterton is most known for creating the famous priest-detective character Father Brown, who first appeared in "The Innocence of Father Brown." Chesterton died in 1936 at the age of 62.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton, Volume 1; The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton, Gilbert Keith Chesterton
• Author: Gilbert Keith Chesterton
• Publisher: Ignatius Press, 1986
• ISBN: 0898700795, 9780898700794
• Length: 397 pages
• Subjects: Literary Collections / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh