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G.K. Chesterton

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in Kensington, London, England, The United Kingdom

May 29, 1874

Died

June 14, 1936

Genre

Fiction, Crime, Religion

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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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	Orthodoxy 4.19 avg rating — 38,773 ratings — published 1908 — 177 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 — 41,803 ratings — published 1908 — 356 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 — 17,320 ratings — published 1911 — 2456 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 4.15 avg rating — 9,707 ratings — published 1925 — 349 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 — 10,003 ratings — published 1935 — 288 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 — 6,859 ratings — published 1922 — 15 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 4.17 avg rating — 5,116 ratings — published 1905 — 1716 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 4.11 avg rating — 5,030 ratings — published 1933 — 184 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) 3.77 avg rating — 5,389 ratings — published 1914 — 959 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) 3.95 avg rating — 4,841 ratings — published 1923 — 1602 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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Middlemarch by George Eliot, 1872, 912pp

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The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G.K. Chesterton, 1908, 182pp

46 votes, 18.0%

Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy, 1871, 218pp

31 votes, 12.1%

The Duel: by Joseph Conrad, 1908, 130pp

24 votes, 9.4%

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The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg, 1824, 272pp

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6 votes, 2.3%

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