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Hilaire Belloc
On Something (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) [EPUB ebook]

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This 1910 collection of witty, charming, and often satirical essays on a wide variety of topics by the great Catholic polemicist and apologist includes ‘A Plea for the Simpler Drama, ‘ ‘The Monkey Question: An Appeal to Common Sense, ‘ ‘On Immortality, ‘ and ‘The Way to Fairyland.’

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Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (1870-1953) was born near Paris and became a naturalized British subject in 1902. A member of Parliament (1906-1910) and frequent collaborator with G. K. Chesterton, he is best known for his writings on Catholicism. He published more than 150 volumes, including novels, essays, biographies, verse, and travel writing.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 286 ● ISBN 9781411446267 ● File size 0.2 MB ● Age 99-17 years ● Publisher Barnes & Noble ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 8513704 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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