This volume includes three classic G.K. Chesterton collections: All Things Considered, Tremendous Trifles, and Alarms and Discursions. These collections include both essays and short stories. A few gems among the stories include "The Perfect Game," "A Somewhat Improbable Story," "The Shop of Ghosts," and "How I Found the Superman."
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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