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G.K. Chesterton

Born

in Kensington, London, England, The United Kingdom

May 29, 1874

Died

June 14, 1936

Genre

Fiction, Crime, Religion

Influences

Charles Dickens, Thomas Aquinas, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Browni ...more

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Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an English writer, philosopher, lay theologian, and literary and art critic.

He was educated at St. Paul’s, and went to art school at University College London. In 1900, he was asked to contribute a few magazine articles on art criticism, and went on to become one of the most prolific writers of all time. He wrote a hundred books, contributions to 200 more, hundreds of poems, including the epic Ballad of the White Horse, five plays, five novels, and some two hundred short stories, including a popular series featuring the priest-detective, Father Brown. In spite of his literary accomplishments, he considered himself primarily a journalist. He wrote over 4000 newspaper essays, including 30 years worth of weekly co ...more

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G.K. Chesterton’s books

Average rating: 3.98 · 337,679 ratings · 23,312 reviews · 3,960 distinct works • Similar authors

	Orthodoxy 4.19 avg rating — 40,446 ratings — published 1908 — 701 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare 3.83 avg rating — 43,860 ratings — published 1908 — 2728 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Innocence of Father Brown (Father Brown, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 18,022 ratings — published 1911 — 2472 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Everlasting Man 4.16 avg rating — 10,205 ratings — published 1925 — 127 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Father Brown 4.03 avg rating — 10,502 ratings — published 1935 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Man Who Knew Too Much 3.59 avg rating — 7,037 ratings — published 1922 — 1946 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heretics 4.18 avg rating — 5,419 ratings — published 1905 — 1093 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saint Thomas Aquinas by G.K. Chesterton, Anton C. Pegis 4.10 avg rating — 5,295 ratings — published 1933 — 183 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wisdom of Father Brown (Father Brown, #2) 3.76 avg rating — 5,595 ratings — published 1914 — 637 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	St. Francis of Assisi by G.K. Chesterton, Joseph F. Girzone (Foreword by) 3.94 avg rating — 5,210 ratings — published 1923 — 1693 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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