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A Short History of England: Book of history
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ISBN10: 1708303375
ISBN13: 9781708303372
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 14 2019
Pages: 92
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.19 Width: 7.99 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781708303372
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 14 2019
Pages: 92
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.19 Width: 7.99 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
G.K. Chesterton was one of the towering figures of British literature in the early twentieth century. A man of massive size, massive personality, and massive appetite, Chesterton famous personality, dress, and personality gave rise to an eponymous adjective: Chestertonian. Although he is renowned for the Father Brown detective series, Chesterton also wrote volumes of nonfiction. First published in 1917, A Short History of England is exactly that, serving Chesterton's goal of publishing a popular book of history written from the standpoint of a member of the public. Filled with Chestertonian wit, the fast-moving history includes such gemlike observations as, Henry VIII was almost as unlucky in his wives as they were in their husband. Of the great late Victorian/Edwardian trio of wits: George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, and Chesterton himself, it is Chesterton whose body of work -- writing in an unassuming manner, without great pretension -- may well persist for future generations far longer than its charming, genial author ever imagined. Gilbert Keith Chesterton, KC*SG (29 May 1874 - 14 June 1936), was an English writer, philosopher, lay theologian, and literary and art critic. He has been referred to as the prince of paradox. Time magazine has observed of his writing style: Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories-first carefully turning them inside out.Chesterton created the fictional priest-detective Father Brown, and wrote on apologetics. Even some of those who disagree with him have recognised the wide appeal of such works as Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man. Chesterton routinely referred to himself as an orthodox Christian, and came to identify this position more and more with Catholicism, eventually converting to Catholicism from High Church Anglicanism. George Bernard Shaw, his friendly enemy, said of him, He was a man of colossal genius. Biographers have identified him as a successor to such Victorian authors as Matthew Arnold, Thomas Carlyle, Cardinal John Henry Newman, and John Ruskin.Early lifeChesterton was born in Campden Hill in Kensington, London, the son of Marie Louise, née Grosjean, and Edward Chesterton.He was baptised at the age of one month into the Church of England, though his family themselves were irregularly practising Unitarians.According to his autobiography, as a young man he became fascinated with the occult and, along with his brother Cecil, experimented with Ouija boards.Chesterton was educated at St Paul's School, then attended the Slade School of Art to become an illustrator. The Slade is a department of University College London, where Chesterton also took classes in literature, but did not complete a degree in either subject.
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