• Tremendous Tribles comes with a bonus in this edition: Chesterton's first published collection fo essays The Defendant
Tremendous Trifles is simply the best collection of essays ever written by G.K. Chesterton. In addition to the classic "On Lying in Bed", Chesterton's book includes "The Advantages of Having One Leg,” “The Dragon’s Grandmother,” “What I Found in My Pocket,” “A Piece of Chalk” and an explanation of juries: “The Twelve Men.” The book was first published in 1920.
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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