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G.K. Chesterton

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Chesterton photoG.K. CHESTERTON, undated
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Born
London, England, 1874

Died
Beaconsfield, England, 1936

Places lived
London; Beaconsfield, England

Nationality
English

Publications
Novels, stories, essays, poetry, plays, criticism, biography

Genres
Literary, mystery, fantasy, satire

Writing language
English

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Literature

The Innocence of Father Brown (1911)

Novels

The Man Who Was Thursday (1908)

Stories

"The Blue Cross" (1910)

Story Collections

The Innocence of Father Brown (1911)

British Literature

The Man Who Was Thursday (1908)

The Innocence of Father Brown (1911)

Crime and Mystery

The Man Who Was Thursday (1908)

The Innocence of Father Brown (1911)

First appearance of works in book form

1900

Greybeard's at Play Poems

The Wild Knight and Other Poems Poems

1901

The Defendant Essays

1902

Thomas Carlyle Biography

Robert Louis Stevenson Biography

1903

Robert Browning Biography

Varied Types Criticism

1904

The Napoleon of Notting Hill Novel

1905

Heretics Essays

The Club of Queer Tales Six stories

1906

Charles Dickens: A Critical Study Criticism

1908

The Man Who Was Thursday Novel

Orthodoxy Nonfiction

All Things Considered Essays

1909

George Bernard Shaw Biography

The Ball and the Cross Novel

1911

The Innocence of Father Brown Twelve stories

"The Blue Cross", "The Secret Garden", "The Queer Feet", "The Flying Stars", "The Invisible Man", "The Honour of Israel Gow", "The Wrong Shape", "The Sins of Prince Saradine", "The Hammer of God", "The Eye of Apollo", "The Sign of the Broken Sword", "The Three Tools of Death"

The Ballad of the White Horse Epic poem

1912

Manalive Novel

1913

Magic Play

1914

The Flying Inn Novel

The Wisdom of Father Brown Twelve stories

"The Absence of Mr Glass", "The Paradise of Thieves", "The Duel of Dr Hirsch", "The Man in the Passage", "The Mistake of the Machine", "The Head of Caesar", "The Purple Wig", "The Perishing of the Pendragons", "The God of the Gongs", "The Salad of Colonel Cray", "The Strange Crime of John Boulnois", "The Fairy Tale of Father Brown"

1915

Wine, Water and Song Poems

1916

The Crimes of England Nonfiction

1920

The New Jerusalem Nonfiction

1922

The Man Who Knew Too Much Twelve stories

"The Face in the Target", "The Vanishing Prince, A Story", "The Soul of the Schoolboy", "The Bottomless Well", "The Fad of the Fisherman", "The Hole in the Wall", "The Temple of Silence", "The Vengeance of the Statue", "The Trees of Pride", "The Garden of Smoke", "The Five of Swords", "The Tower of Treason"

Eugenics and Other Evils Nonfiction

1923

Saint Francis of Assisi Nonfiction

1925

Tales of the Long Bow Eight stories

"The Unpresentable Appearance of Colonel Crane", "The Improbable Success of Mr. Owen Hood", "The Unobstrusive Traffic of Captain Pierce", "The Elusive Companion of Parson White", "The Exclusive Luxury of Enoch Oates", "The Unthinkable Theory of Professor Green", "The Unprecedented Architecture of Commander Blair", "The Ultimate Ultimatum of the League of the Long Bow"

The Everlasting Man Nonfiction

William Cobbett Nonfiction

1926

The Incredulity of Father Brown Eight stories

"The Resurrection of Father Brown", "The Arrow of Heaven", "The Oracle of the Dog", "The Miracle of Moon Crescent", "The Curse of the Golden Cross", "The Dagger with Wings", "The Doom of the Darnaways", "The Ghost of Gideon Wise"

The Queen of Seven Swords Poems

The Outline of Sanity Nonfiction

1927

The Secret of Father Brown Ten stories

"The Secret of Father Brown" (framing story), "The Mirror of the Magistrate", "The Man with Two Beards", "The Song of the Flying Fish", "The Actor and the Alibi", "The Vanishing of Vaudrey", "The Worst Crime in the World", "The Red Moon of Meru", "The Chief Mourner of Marne", "The Secret of Flambeau" (framing story)

The Return of Don Quixote Novel

The Judgment of Dr. Johnson Play

The Collected Poems of G.K. Chesterton Poems

1929

The Poet and the Lunatics Stories

1933

Saint Thomas Aquinas Nonfiction

1934

Avowals and Denials Essays

1935

The Scandal of Father Brown Nine stories

"The Scandal of Father Brown", "The Quick One", "The Blast of the Book/The Five Fugitives", "The Green Man", "The Pursuit of Mr Blue", "The Crime of the Communist", "The Point of a Pin", "The Insoluble Problem", "The Vampire of the Village" (included in later editions)

The Well and the Shallows Nonfiction

1936

The Autobiography Nonfiction

1950

The Common Man Easays

 

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