G Chesterton: 442 books

Su trascendencia internacional, al margen de sus excelentes libros de ensayo, se basó en la escritura de novelas y relatos que manifestaban su habilidad en el manejo lingüístico, en el empleo de una comicidad perspicaz, y en la imaginación para la creación de tramas...

El mundo entero está destinado a una gran simplicidad y sencillez, no deliberada, sino antes bien inevitablemente. No es una simple moda de inocencia falsa, como la de los aristócratas franceses de antes de la Revolución, que erigieron un altar a Pan e impusieron tributos a los campesinos para pagar los enormes gastos que les suponía hacer la vida sencilla de los campesinos.

This holiday, we proudly present to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas stories. Over 250 of them are included by your favourite authors:Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Hans Christian Andersen, E.T.A. Hoffmann, O. Henry, Mark Twain and many more!

This edition features a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS I THREE DEDICATIONS II WAR POEMS III LOVE POEMS IV RELIGIOUS POEMS V RHYMES FOR THE TIMES VI MISCELLANEOUS POEMS VII BALLADES

This collection comprises Chestertonian “defenses” of penny dreadfuls, rash vows, skeletons, publicity, nonsense, planets, China shepherdesses, useful information, heraldry, ugly things, farce, humility, slang, baby-worship, detective stories, patriotism—he even defends the very existence of his own book.

Most Eugenists are Euphemists. I mean merely that short words startle them, while long words soothe them. And they are utterly incapable of translating the one into the other, however obviously they mean the same thing. Say to them "The persuasive and even coercive powers of the citizen should...

This book is among the best-selling popular classics "bestseller". Here is an extract of this book : Between the silver ribbon of morning and the green glittering ribbon of sea, the boat touched Harwich and let loose a swarm of folk like flies, among whom the man we must follow was...

»Herr Frank Harrogate, glaube ich«, sagte der Priester. »Ich hatte schon einmal das Vergnügen, aber ich will mich nicht darauf berufen. Das Merkwürdige, was ich Ihnen zu sagen habe, kommt wahrscheinlich besser von einem Fremden. Herr Harrogate, ich sage nur ein Wort und will dann gehen: Geben...