Manalive

G. K. Chesterton

House of Stratus, Dec 11, 2011 - Fiction - 194 pages

Innocent Smith is a man full of boyish exuberance. Deliberately defying convention, he is involved in a series of madcap pranks. He picnics on rooftops, breaks into his own house and has an affair with his own wife. This unconventional behaviour makes him mistrusted and extremely unpopular with those around him. But things are not always what they seem?

Contents

• HOW THE GREAT WIND CAME TO BEACON HOUSE: 3
• THE LUGGAGE OF AN OPTIMIST: 17
• THE GARDEN OF THE GOD: 42
• THE ALLEGORICAL PRACTICAL JOKER: 56
• THE EYE OF DEATH OR THE MURDER CHARGE: 81
• THE TWO CURATES OR THE BURGLARY CHARGE: 109
• THE ROUND ROAD OR THE DESERTION CHARGE: 139
• THE WILD WEDDINGS OR THE POLYGAMY CHARGE: 163
• HOW THE GREAT WIND WENT FROM BEACON HOUSE: 181

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: Manalive
• Author: G. K. Chesterton
• Publisher: House of Stratus, 2011
• ISBN: 0755116445, 9780755116447
• Length: 194 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Christian / General; Fiction / Christian / Suspense; Fiction / City Life; Fiction / Classics; Fiction / Historical / General; Fiction / Literary; Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General; Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Traditional; Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense