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Varied Types (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) [EPUB ebook]

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Originally appearing in The Daily News and The Speaker, the essays collected in Varied Types (1903) include perceptive looks at such literary notables as Lord Byron, Charlotte Brontё, William Morris, and Bret Harte, as well as studies of some decidedly non-literary figures, including Queen Victoria.

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G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was was known as the “prince of paradox, ” and 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 284 ● ISBN 9781411463882 ● File size 0.3 MB ● Age 99-17 years ● Publisher Barnes & Noble ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5864537 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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