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Category: G. K. Chesterton

Book Review: Resurrection, by Leo Tolstoy
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Book Review: Resurrection, by Leo Tolstoy

Posted on September 19, 2023September 20, 2023 by Brad Shorr

Resurrection, published in 1899, was Tolstoy’s last novel and the cause of his being excommunicated from the Russian Orthodox Church. It’s powerful and depressing and thought-provoking in the extreme. Resurrection fully embodies Tolstoy’s method of writing  after his religious awakening;…

Book Review: The Hound of Distributism
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Book Review: The Hound of Distributism

Posted on August 19, 2023August 20, 2023 by Brad Shorr

The Hound of Distributism, A Solution for Our Social and Economic Crisis, Edited by Richard Aleman. I picked up this gem at the 2023 Chesterton Conference in Minneapolis. If you want to quickly and (relatively) easily get the gist of…

Happy Easter from G. K. Chesterton
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Happy Easter from G. K. Chesterton

Posted on April 9, 2023 by Brad Shorr

“On the third day the friends of Christ coming at daybreak to the place found the grave empty and the stone rolled away. In varying ways they realised the new wonder; but even they hardly realised that the world had…

Book Review: The Story of the Family
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Book Review: The Story of the Family

Posted on August 3, 2022 by Brad Shorr

Dale Ahlquist, The Story of the Family: G.K. Chesterton on the Only State That Creates And Loves Its Own Citizens Public schools Two-income families Birth Control Abortion Divorce These cultural institutions are so commonplace that, with the exception of abortion,…

Book Review – Chesterton in Black and White
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Book Review – Chesterton in Black and White

Posted on December 28, 2021 by Brad Shorr

A collection of Chesterton essays was published July of 2021: Chesterton in Black and White, Essays by G.K. Chesterton from Black and White and The Bystander, 1903-1904, edited by Geir Hasnes. These early essays, with a few exceptions, have never…

Book Review – Platitudes Undone
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Book Review – Platitudes Undone

Posted on October 19, 2021November 21, 2021 by Brad Shorr

In 1911, Holbrook Jackson, a British journalist and socialist, privately published a little book called Platitudes in the Making, Precepts & Advices for Gentlefolk. G.K. Chesterton, a friend of Holbrook’s, received an autographed copy, and amused himself by handwriting witty…

On Lying in Bed and Other Essays by G. K. Chesterton, edited by Alberto Manguel
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On Lying in Bed and Other Essays by G. K. Chesterton, edited by Alberto Manguel

Posted on October 18, 2021November 21, 2021 by Brad Shorr

This collection of essays published in 2000 was a freebie at the 2021 Chesterton Conference. It includes several well-known essays along with many that were new to me. Unfortunately, the editor did not reference where or when the essays where…

G. K. Chesterton Quotes from The Illustrated London News, 1908-1936
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G. K. Chesterton Quotes from The Illustrated London News, 1908-1936

Posted on September 18, 2020November 21, 2021 by Brad Shorr

G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) wrote a weekly column for The Illustrated London News from 1908 to 1936. I compiled the quotes below from my reading of these essays, which were compiled by Ignatius Press in Volumes 27-37 of The Collected…

Chesterton Quotes – The Illustrated London News 1935-1936
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Chesterton Quotes – The Illustrated London News 1935-1936

Posted on September 18, 2020November 21, 2021 by Brad Shorr

G.K. Chesterton, Collected Works, Volume XXXVII G.K. Chesterton wrote a weekly column for The Illustrated London News from the mid-1900s to the mid-1930s. Ignatius Press has assembled his essays into several volumes, as part of its massive Collected Works compilation. Despite…

Chesterton Quotes – The Illustrated London News 1932-1934
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Chesterton Quotes – The Illustrated London News 1932-1934

Posted on August 28, 2020November 21, 2021 by Brad Shorr

G.K. Chesterton, Collected Works, Volume XXXVI G.K. Chesterton wrote a weekly column for The Illustrated London News from the mid-1900s to the mid-1930s. Ignatius Press has assembled his essays into several volumes, as part of its massive Collected Works compilation. Despite…

Chesterton Quotes – The Illustrated London News 1929-1931
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Chesterton Quotes – The Illustrated London News 1929-1931

Posted on August 27, 2020November 21, 2021 by Brad Shorr

G.K. Chesterton, Collected Works, Volume XXXV G.K. Chesterton wrote a weekly column for The Illustrated London News from the mid-1900s to the mid-1930s. Ignatius Press has assembled his essays into several volumes, as part of its massive Collected Works compilation. Despite…

Chesterton Quotes – The Illustrated London News 1926-1928
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Chesterton Quotes – The Illustrated London News 1926-1928

Posted on August 26, 2020November 21, 2021 by Brad Shorr

G.K. Chesterton, Collected Works, Volume XXXIV G.K. Chesterton wrote a weekly column for The Illustrated London News from the mid-1900s to the mid-1930s. Ignatius Press has assembled his essays into several volumes, as part of its massive Collected Works compilation. Despite…

Chesterton Quotes – The Illustrated London News 1923-1925
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Chesterton Quotes – The Illustrated London News 1923-1925

Posted on August 26, 2020November 21, 2021 by Brad Shorr

G.K. Chesterton, Collected Works, Volume XXXIII G.K. Chesterton wrote a weekly column for The Illustrated London News from the mid-1900s to the mid-1930s. Ignatius Press has assembled his essays into several volumes, as part of its massive Collected Works compilation. Despite…

Chesterton Quotes – The Illustrated London News 1920-1922
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Chesterton Quotes – The Illustrated London News 1920-1922

Posted on August 9, 2020November 21, 2021 by Brad Shorr

G.K. Chesterton, Collected Works, Volume XXXII G.K. Chesterton wrote a weekly column for The Illustrated London News from the mid-1900s to the mid-1930s. Ignatius Press has assembled his essays into several volumes, as part of its massive Collected Works compilation. Despite…

Chesterton Quotes – The Illustrated London News 1917-1919
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Chesterton Quotes – The Illustrated London News 1917-1919

Posted on August 8, 2020November 21, 2021 by Brad Shorr

G.K. Chesterton, Collected Works, Volume XXXI G.K. Chesterton wrote a weekly column for The Illustrated London News from the mid-1900s to the mid-1930s. Ignatius Press has assembled his essays into several volumes, as part of its massive Collected Works compilation. Despite…

Chesterton Quotes – The Illustrated London News 1914-1916
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Chesterton Quotes – The Illustrated London News 1914-1916

Posted on August 4, 2020November 21, 2021 by Brad Shorr

G.K. Chesterton, Collected Works, Volume XXX G.K. Chesterton wrote a weekly column for The Illustrated London News from the mid-1900s to the mid-1930s. Ignatius Press has assembled his essays into several volumes, as part of its massive Collected Works compilation. Despite…

Chesterton Quotes – The Illustrated London News 1911-1913
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Chesterton Quotes – The Illustrated London News 1911-1913

Posted on August 3, 2020November 21, 2021 by Brad Shorr

G.K. Chesterton, Collected Works, Volume XXIX G.K. Chesterton wrote a weekly column for The Illustrated London News from the mid-1900s to the mid-1930s. Ignatius Press has assembled his essays into several volumes, as part of its massive Collected Works compilation. Despite…

Chesterton Quotes – The Illustrated London News 1908-1910
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Chesterton Quotes – The Illustrated London News 1908-1910

Posted on August 3, 2020November 21, 2021 by Brad Shorr

G.K. Chesterton, Collected Works, Volume XXVIII G.K. Chesterton wrote a weekly column for The Illustrated London News from the mid-1900s to the mid-1930s. Ignatius Press has assembled his essays into several volumes, as part of its massive Collected Works compilation. Despite…

Quotes from G.K.C. as M.C.
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Quotes from G.K.C. as M.C.

Posted on December 29, 2017November 21, 2021 by Brad Shorr

G.K.C. as M.C. is a collection of 37 book introductions written by G.K. Chesterton, selected and edited by J.P. de Fonseka (an interesting character himself). The introductions span from 1903 to 1929, and cover all sorts of book, primarily fiction, biography…

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