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G. K. Chesterton
The Defendant (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) [EPUB ebook]

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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.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was a prolific and influential English writer known for the wide-range of his talents, which included mysteries, fantasies, and Christian apologetics. A spirited Catholic polemicist, he was the author of the beloved Father Brown mysteries, as well as of the classic metaphysical thriller, The Man Who Was Thursday.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 180 ● ISBN 9781411445178 ● File size 0.1 MB ● Age 99-17 years ● Publisher Barnes & Noble ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5863224 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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