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Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an English writer, lay theologian, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, literary and art critic, biographer, and Christian apologist.

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English author and Christian apologist (1874–1936)

Born 29 May 1874
Died 14 June 1936

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  • Cover of: The Cricket on the Hearth

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  • Cover of: The Man Who Was Thursday

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  • Cover of: The Innocence of Father Brown

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  • Cover of: St. Francis of Assisi

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  • Cover of: The man who knew too much, and other stories

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  • Cover of: Heretics

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  • Cover of: The Wisdom of Father Brown

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  • Cover of: The Club of Queer Trades

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  • Cover of: Eugenics and other evils

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  • Cover of: Orthodoxy

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  • Cover of: The Napoleon of Notting Hill

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  • Cover of: A Christmas Carol: Elementary Level (Heinemann Guided Readers)

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  • Cover of: Donnington Affair Illustrated

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    First published in 1976 — 105 editions
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  • Cover of: All things considered

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  • Cover of: What's wrong with the world

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  • Cover of: Poems

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English author and Christian apologist (1874–1936)

Born 29 May 1874
Died 14 June 1936

Subjects

Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional, English literature, English Detective and mystery stories, England, fiction, Brown, father (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Catholic church, clergy, fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, general, Biography, Fiction, mystery & detective, collections & anthologies, Criticism and interpretation, English essays, Chesterton, g. k. (gilbert keith), 1874-1936, Father Brown (Fictitious character), Literature, history and criticism, London (england), fiction, Christianity, History, Catholic Church, Catholics, Children's fiction, Clergy, Detective and mystery stories

Places

England, Great Britain, London, London (England), United States, Baker Street, Germany, Australia, Jerusalem, Palestine, Paris, 221B Baker Street, Europe, Rome (Italy), Tibet, 427 Park Lane, Abbey Grange, Amazon rainforest, Assisi, Ballarat, Belgium, Bohemia, Boscombe Pool, Boscombe Valley, Buenos Aires

People

G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936), John H. Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Charles Dickens (1812-1870), Francis of Assisi, Saint (1182-1226), Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), Archie, C. Auguste Dupin, Duncan Ross, Jabez Wilson, John Clay, Leo Tolstoy graf (1828-1910), Minister D—, Mr. Merryweather, Police Inspector Jones, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Robert Browning (1812-1889), Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274), Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Vincent Spaulding, William Blake (1757-1827), William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Alexander Pope (1688-1744), Alfred King of England (849-899)

Time

20th century, 19th century, 1890, 1910-1936, 1918-1945, 19e siècle, 1182-1226, 12th century, 13th century, 1600-1800, 1789-1820, 17th century, 1888, 1894, 1895, 18th Century, 1911, 1914-, 1933-1945, 1935-1947, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1947

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