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On Running After One's Hat and Other Whimsies
2005
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This vintage book contains a collection of twenty essays on a variety of topics written by G. K. Chesterton. The essays are on unrelated subjects ranging from losing one’s hat, to lying in bed, and manage to be both insightful and amusing. A great addition to any bookshelf, this volume is highly recommended for fans of Chesterton’s work - and lovers of witty writing. The essays “On Running After One's Hat”, “On Lying in Bed”, “Cheese”, “On Philosophy Verses Fiction”, “The Mistake of the Machine”, “What I found in My Pocket”, “The Perfect Game”, “Topsy-Turvey Land”, “A Tragedy of Twopence”, and many more. Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936) was an English writer, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, theologian, critic, and biographer. We are republishing this antiquarian book now in an affordable, modern edition - complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
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G.K. Chesterton
G.K. Chesterton
Author · 176 books

Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an English writer, philosopher, lay theologian, and literary and art critic. He was educated at St. Paul’s, and went to art school at University College London. In 1900, he was asked to contribute a few magazine articles on art criticism, and went on to become one of the most prolific writers of all time. He wrote a hundred books, contributions to 200 more, hundreds of poems, including the epic Ballad of the White Horse, five plays, five novels, and some two hundred short stories, including a popular series featuring the priest-detective, Father Brown. In spite of his literary accomplishments, he considered himself primarily a journalist. He wrote over 4000 newspaper essays, including 30 years worth of weekly columns for the Illustrated London News, and 13 years of weekly columns for the Daily News. He also edited his own newspaper, G.K.’s Weekly. Chesterton was equally at ease with literary and social criticism, history, politics, economics, philosophy, and theology.

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