The Woman Who Was Chesterton by Nancy
Carpentier Brown
“This is a love story. But it is also a detective story. And
best of all, it is a true story, told here for the the first time. Gilbert
Keith Chesterton was a romantic, a writer of detective tales, and a teller of
the truth. His own story and the stories he told are becoming better and better
known. But what has remained unknown is the story of the most important person
in his life: his wife Frances.
“Nancy Carpentier Brown has done incredible detective work to uncover the
mystery of Frances, tracking a figure who managed to leave very few traces of
herself.
“It is quite likely that as more is discovered about Frances, more biographies
will be written of her, and they will be even more complete. But they will all
come back to this one.”
- Dale Ahlquist, from the
Foreword.
How Far Is It To Bethlehem: The Plays and Poetry of Frances
Chesterton by Nancy
Carpentier Brown (Author), Frances
A. Chesterton (Author), Ted
Schluenderfritz (Illustrator), Dale
Ahlquist (Introduction)
Frances Chesterton, wife of British journalist G.K.
Chesterton, was a gentle poet and playwright. Her sweet works long lay in
obscurity, except for a few Christmas lyrics, which have never gone out of
print. Her plays for children were in demand when she wrote them; there is a
demand for them again today. Her poems and plays reveal a woman of deep
thought, a spiritual woman, a woman longing for Christ, and especially drawn to
Him at the Nativity, when He was a small baby. To read these works is to
understand better G.K. Chesterton's wife and spiritual companion. And so, these
works are offered back to a world that has almost forgotten them. A revised
edition (1/2013) adds three important features: an index to the entire work,
plus an index to the poem titles; and in addition to that, an index to the
first lines of the poems. Many small corrections were made to the text to improve
readability. – Amazon.
G. K. Chesterton, a Criticism by Cecil
Chesterton (Author), Michael
W. Perry (Editor), G.
K. Chesterton (Contributor)
In 1900 a new writer took England by a storm. Writing
intelligently and well on a wide variety of topics, G. K. Chesterton defied
categorization. Although deeply patriotic, he was one of the few to oppose the
Boer War. A gifted literary critic, he nevertheless defended 'penny dreadfuls'
read by young boys and condemned by almost everyone else. And in an era of
unbridled capitalism and fashionable socialism, he unleashed telling broadsides
against both. In 1908 his brother Cecil wrote this biography. That book is now
back in print in an enhanced and enlarged 'Centennial Edition' with numerous
notes explaining the context and appendices with both sides of G. K.
Chesterton's famous 1908 debate about socialism with H. G. Wells and Bernard Shaw,
including Chesterton's marvelous "On Wells and a Glass of Beer." –
Amazon.
The Party System by Hilaire
Belloc (Author), Cecil
Chesterton (Author)
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally
important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the
original work as possible. - Amazon.
The Chestertons by Mrs.
Cecil Chesterton
Book by G. K. Chesterton’s younger brother Cecil’s wife Ada, about
the Chesterton family and its members. She is well worth looking up for her own life story, her journalism, and her work for poor London women.
RURAL RIDES, ETC. ** COTTAGE ECONOMY ** POOR MAN’S FRIEND ** COBBETT'S ADVICE
TO YOUNG MEN (With Cobbett's biography by G.K.Chesterton) (Timeless Wisdom
Collection) by
William Cobbett, G.K. Chesterton
G. K. Chesterton (Bloom's Modern Critical Views by Sterling
Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom (Editor)
Each title features: - A complex critical portrait of one of
the most influential writers in the world - An introductory essay by Harold
Bloom. – Amazon.
The Christian Imagination: G.K. Chesterton on the Arts by Thomas
C. Peters
But Soft: We Are Observed by Hilaire
Belloc (Author); G K Chesterton (Illustrator)
Prophet of Orthodoxy by G.
K. Chesterton (Author), Russell
Sparkes (Author)
G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) is generally remembered as the
author of the Father Brown detective stories, but in the 1920s and 30s he was
regarded as one of the major religious writers of the day, and was a great
influence on C.S. Lewis. He wrote for the man on the street, seeking to bring
Christian truth and questions of religious, business and political ethics to a
wider audience. – Amazon.
The Quotable Chesterton: A Topical Compilation of the Wit,
Wisdom and Satire of G.K. Chesterton by George
J. Marlin (Author), Richard
P. Rabatin (Author), John
L. Swan (Author)
Copyright 1986, hardcover with dustjacket, 390 pages include
bibliography and index. SUBJECT: "Chesterton is a widely quoted writer of
the 20th century. The wide range of his writings include philosophy, novels,
mysteries, poetry, theology and art. This volume of quotes is arranged by topic
alphabetically with a cross-reference index. Witty, wise, and quotable, he not
only addressed the time in which he lived but comments on the dehumanization of
social sciences, idealistic movements, totalitarian ideologies, and fashions of
his day." – Amazon.
Chaucer by G
K Chesterton
Chesterton expounds the ‘genius of Geoffrey Chaucer’ in this literary biography which explores both the writer and his time. He claims that Chaucer and his Age were ‘more sane, more normal and more cheerful than writers that came after him’ and the characters he portrayed have an immediate contemporary relevance. Beautifully and sensitively written, this biography about the ‘Father of English Poetry’ will inform and inspire. – Amazon.
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