Gilbert Keith: 132 books

In the October 1914 issue of the British magazine The Premier, Sir Max Pemberton published the first part of this story, inviting a number of writers, including Chesterton, to use their talents to solve the mystery of the murder described. Chesterton's solution followed in the form of a Father Brown story in the November issue.

William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. This book, originally part of the 'Men of Letters' series, gives a thorough account of his life and creative works.

Niemand käme wohl auf die Idee Monsieur Dupin oder Sherlock Holmes zu unterschätzen. Chestertons Father Brown hingegen ist unscheinbar, sieht sogar etwas einfältig aus - was ihm immer wieder zum Vorteil gereicht - und ist dazu noch Priester. Dieser wohl eigenwilligste und interessanteste Held der...

È con la consueta inclinazione al paradosso e all’ironia che Chesterton ci parla di un’esperienza drammatica come la conversione religiosa, partendo ovviamente dalla sua personale, avvenuta nel 1922. In queste pagine – sottili, brillanti, appassionate – accompagna l’anima perennemente in...

In the October 1914 issue of the British magazine The Premier, Sir Max Pemberton published the first part of this story, inviting a number of writers, including Chesterton, to use their talents to solve the mystery of the murder described. Chesterton's solution followed in the form of a Father Brown story in the November issue.

Twelve mysteries featuring Father Brown, the short, stumpy Catholic priest with "uncanny insight into human evil."

From London to Cornwall, then to Italy and France, a short, shabby priest runs to earth bandits, traitors, killers. Why is he so successful? The reason is that after years spent in the priesthood, Father Brown knows human nature and is not afraid of its dark side. Thus he understands criminal...

A collection of related short stories by British author G. K. Chesterton. Each story is centered on a person who is making his living by some novel and extraordinary means (a "queer trade"). To gain admittance to the Club, one must have a unique queer trade as principal source of income....

Convertitosi al cattolicesimo nel 1922, Chesterton pubblicò questo «bozzetto» su san Francesco nel 1923, come se dalla conversione del Santo di Assisi traesse uno spirituale alimento per la propria. Per Chesterton san Francesco era soprattutto un uomo innamorato di Dio e della Creazione, un poeta...

San Tommaso d’Aquino (1225-1274) è uno dei pilastri del pensiero cristiano. La sua opera raccorda e armonizza il messaggio evangelico e la filosofia classica, la fede e la ragione. Eppure, scrive Chesterton, «questo grande personaggio meriterebbe di essere più conosciuto». E proprio intorno...

In seguito alla pubblicazione nel 1905 di Eretici – una raccolta di saggi in cui l’autore attacca con stile brillante e corrosivo i dogmi della sua epoca – G.K. Chesterton fu sfidato dalla critica a indicare quale fosse la propria visione del mondo. Tre anni più tardi, nel 1908, diede alle...

It was natural, of course, that we should think of calling in expert opinion on the tragedy; or, at least, something subtler than the passing policeman. But I could think of few people or none whom it would be useful to consult thus privately. I remembered an investigator who had taken some interest...

This book may not be, Chesterton says, important as a contribution to history, but it is important as a contribution to biography; as a contribution to the character and the career of the man who wrote it, a typical man of his time. That Dickens made no personal historical researches, that he had...

Se preguntarán con mucha razón por qué, de no mediar una especie de apuesta, iba yo a aceptar el encargo de escribir siquiera un ensayo popular sobre la historia de Inglaterra, si no puedo invocar ningún tipo de erudición especializada y no soy más que una persona corriente. La respuesta es...