Books by G K Chesterton

Portrait of G K Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton stands as one of the most distinctive voices in early twentieth‑century English letters, celebrated for his wit, paradox, and moral clarity. His essays, novels, and detective stories-most famously those featuring Father Brown-combine sharp humour with philosophical depth, inviting readers to see the ordinary world with renewed wonder.

Equally at ease in journalism, poetry, and theology, Chesterton championed imagination and faith in an age of rapid change. His writing remains both entertaining and thought‑provoking, offering a timeless reminder of the value of curiosity, compassion, and common sense in everyday life.

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  • Father Brown The Essential Tales Modern Library

    Random House USA Inc Father Brown The Essential Tales Modern Library

    10 in stock

    Book SynopsisG. K. Chesterton’s Father Brown may seem a pleasantly doddering Roman Catholic priest, but appearances deceive. With keen observation and an unerring sense of man’s frailties-gained during his years listening to confessions-Father Brown succeeds in bringing even the most elusive criminals to justice. This definitive collection of fifteen stories, selected by the American Chesterton Society, includes such classics as “The Blue Cross,” “The Secret Garden,” and “The Paradise of Thieves.” As P. D. James writes in her Introduction, “We read the Father Brown stories for a variety pleasures, including their ingenuity, their wit and intelligence, and for the brilliance of the writing. But they provide more. Chesterton was concerned with the greatest of all problems, the vagaries of the human heart.”

    10 in stock

    £13.29

  • Orbis Books (USA) G.K.Chesterton: Essential Writings

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    £16.71

  • Ignatius Press The Man Who Was Thursday

    3 in stock

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    3 in stock

    £17.88

  • Heretics

    Hendrickson Publishers Inc Heretics

    2 in stock

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    2 in stock

    £15.83

  • Editorial Alma El Hombre Que Sabía Demasiado

    20 in stock

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    20 in stock

    £21.20

  • Editorial Pre-Textos Charles Dickens

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisÉrase una vez un hombre prolífico como pocos con la pluma, moralista, cultivador del "nonsense", mordaz, paradójico, radical, juguetón, polemista infatigable, ferviente defensor de la familia, la iglesia y el pub y enemigo acérrimo de burócratas, hombres de negocios, políticos y filántropos, que fuera denostado por algunos (en términos poco literarios) y por muchos ensalzado (sobre todo en términos literarios). Aquel hombre constituía además una curiosidad por su portentosa corpulencia y por su conversión al catolicismo en un país, Inglaterra, donde hacerse de ese credo puede parecer, más en alguien como él, casi una provocación. Se llamaba Gilbert Keith Chesterton, G. K. C. para los amigos: toda una fábula. G. K. Chesterton (Londres 1874 - Beaconsfield 1936) fue un virtuoso del estilo que, con mayor o menor fortuna, tocó casi todos los géneros literarios, creando un universo que sorprende ante todo por su inmensidad: más de cien títulos, entre obras y recopilaciones de escritos disper

    1 in stock

    £22.00

  • Ediciones Ulises La sorpresa

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisLa obra misma es una catarata de sorpresas encadenadas, no sólo en la trama, hecha de volutas que nos ganan la espalda a cada momento, sino en la intención. De la mera diversión a la verdadera meta, que es la Teología, La sorpresa pasa por el metateatro, la metapoesía, la metacrítica y la metafísica.

    2 in stock

    £16.19

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