Contents Include: By the Babe Unborn The World's Lover The Skeleton A Chord of Colour The Happy Man The Unpardonable Sin A Novelty Ultimate The Donkey The Beatific Vision The Hope of the Streets Ecclesiastes The Songs of the Children The Fish Gold Leaves Thou Shalt Not Kill A Certain Evening A Man and His Image The Mariner The Triumph of Man Cyclopean Joseph Modern Elfland Eternities A Christmas Carol Alone King's Cross Station The Human Tree To Them that Mourn The Outlaw Behind The End of Fear The Holy of Holies The Mirror of Madmen E.C.B The Desecrators An Alliance The Ancient of Days The Last Masquerade The Earth's Shame Vanity The Lamp Post The Pessimist A Fairy Tale A Portrait Femina Contra Mundum To a Certain Nation The Praise of Dust The Ballad of the Battle of Gibeon 'Vulgarised' The Ballad of God-Makers At Night The Woodcutter Art Colours The Two Women The Wild Knight Good News The Neglected Child To a Turk The Aristocrat
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was one of the most influential English writers of the 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy and detective fiction.
Chesterton has been called the "prince of paradox". Time magazine, in a review of a biography of Chesterton, observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out.
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