This volume contains 7 NOVELS & 5 NOVELETTES by the great G.K. Chesterton, the English writer, lay theologian, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, literary and art critic, biographer, and Christian apologist, creator of the memorable character Father Brown, among many others.
The books contained in this volume are:
The Napoleon of Notting Hill
The Man Who Was Thursday
The Ball and the Cross
The Return of Don Quixote
Four Faultless Felons
Manalive
The Flying Inn
The Club of Queer Trades
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Tales of the Long Bow
The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond
The Poet and the Lunatics
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was one of the most influential English writers of the 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy and detective fiction.
Chesterton has been called the "prince of paradox". Time magazine, in a review of a biography of Chesterton, observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out.
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