G. K. Chesterton

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One of the greatest writers of his time, G. K. Chesterton’s short stories, novels, poetry and essays demonstrate his unparalleled versatility in literature. This comprehensive eBook offers readers the complete fictional works of G. K. Chesterton, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 3)

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Features:
* concise introductions to the novels and other works
* the complete Father Brown stories, including the very rare stories
* the original Father Brown illustrations
* ALL the novels, with contents tables
* images of how the novels first appeared, giving your eReader a taste of the Edwardian texts
* special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry
* rare plays and poetry
* features 43 non-fiction books, each with contents tables
* unique uncollected essays section, with rare articles by the great essayist
* includes Chesterton’s autobiography– explore the writer’s literary life!
* features a special criticism section, with four works examining Chesterton’s contribution to literature, including Patrick Braybrooke’s seminal work GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON
* many images relating to Chesterton’s life, works, places and film adaptations
* scholarly ordering of texts in chronological order and literary genres, allowing easy navigation around Chesterton’s immense oeuvre
* UPDATED with 2 critical essays on Chesterton, 1 poetry collection and 11 non-fiction works

CONTENTS:

Father Brown Stories
The Innocence of Father Brown (1911)
The Wisdom of Father Brown (1914)
The Incredulity of Father Brown (1926)
The Secret of Father Brown (1927)
The Scandal of Father Brown (1935)
Uncollected Father Brown Stories

The Novels
The Napoleon of Notting Hill (1904)
The Man Who Was Thursday (1908)
The Ball and the Cross (1909)
Manalive (1912)
The Flying Inn (1914)
The Return of Don Quixote (1927)

Short Story Collections
The Club of Queer Trades (1905)
The Man Who Knew Too Much and Other Stories (1922)
Tales of the Long Bow (1925)
The Poet and the Lunatics (1929)
Four Faultless Felons (1930)
The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond (1936)
Uncollected Short Stories

The Short Stories
List of Short Stories in Chronological Order
List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order

The Plays
Magic (1913)
The Judgment of Dr. Johnson (1927)
The Turkey and the Turk (1930)
The Surprise (1952)

The Poetry Collections
Greybeards at Play (1900)
The Wild Knight and Other Poems (1900)
The Ballad of the White Horse (1911)
Poems (1915)
Wine, Water and Song (1915)
The Ballad of St. Barbara and Other Poems (1922)
The Queen of Seven Swords (1926)
Gloria in Profundis (1927)
Ubi Ecclesia (1929)
The Grave of Arthur (1930)
New Poems (1932)

The Poems
List of Poems in Chronological Order
List of Poems in Alphabetical Order

The Non-Fiction
The Defendant (1901)
Twelve Types (1902)
Varied Types (1903)
Robert Browning (1903)
Dickens (1903)
Thackeray (1903)
Tolstoy (1903)
Tennyson (1903)
G. F. Watts (1904)
Biography for Beginners (1905)
Heretics (1905)
Charles Dickens (1906)
Orthodoxy (1908)
All Things Considered (1908)
George Bernard Shaw (1909)
Tremendous Trifles (1909)
What’s Wrong with the World (1910)
A Chesterton Calendar (1911)
Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens (1911)
Alarms and Discursions (1910)
A Miscellany of Men (1912)
The Victorian Age in Literature (1913)
London (1914)
The Appetite of Tyranny (1915)
The Crimes of England (1915)
Divorce versus Democracy (1916)
Lord Kitchener (1917)
Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays (1917)
A Short History of England (1917)
Irish Impressions (1919)
The Uses of Diversity (1920)
The Superstition of Divorce (1920)
The New Jerusalem (1920)
What I Saw in America (1922)
Eugenics and Other Evils (1922)
St. Francis of Assisi (1923)
Fancies versus Fads (1923)
The Everlasting Man (1925)
William Cobbett (1925)
The Catholic Church and Conversion (1926)
The Outline of Sanity (1926)
Robert Louis Stevenson (1927)
Do We Agree? (1928)
The Thing (1929)
Come to Think of It (1930)
All Is Grist (1931)
St. Thomas Aquinas (1933)
All I Survey (1933)
The Well and the Shallows (1935)
The Glass Walking Stick (1936)
As I Was Saying (1936)
The Common Man (1950)
The Spice of Life (1965)
The Apostle and the Wild Ducks and Other Essays (1975)
Uncollected Essays

The Criticism
Mr. G. K. Chesterton’s Point of View (1912) by John Kelman
About Chesterton and Belloc (1914) by H. G. Wells
G. K. Chesterton: A Critical Study (1915) by Julius West
Mr. G. K. Chesterton and Mr. Hilaire Belloc (1919) by Robert Lynd
G. K. Chesterton by (1920) by St. John G. Ervine
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1922) by Patrick Braybrooke

The Biography
Autobiography (1936)

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