G. K. Chesterton

CHESTERTON, G. K., 1874 to 1936

G. K. Chesterton

English author and Christian apologist.

Books
26
Editions tracked
35
First editions
26
Nationality
United Kingdom

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Earliest first editionThe Wild Knight and Other PoemsGrant Richards, 1900 Most editions trackedGeorge Bernard Shaw2 editions
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  1. 1900The Wild Knight and Other PoemsGrant Richards
  2. 1901The DefendantDent
  3. 1905The Club of Queer TradesHarper
  4. 1905HereticsJ. Lane
  5. 1907PoemsPaul R. Reynolds
  6. 1908The Man Who Was ThursdayJ.W. Arrowsmith
  7. 1908OrthodoxyBodley Head
  8. 1909The Ball and the CrossJ. Lane
  9. 1909George Bernard ShawJ. Lane
  10. 1910What's Wrong with the WorldCassell
  11. 1911Innocence of Father BrownCassell
  12. 1911The Ballad of the White HorseMethuen
  13. 1912ManaliveJohn Lane
  14. 1914The Napoleon of Notting HillJohn Lane The Bodley Head
  15. 1914The Wisdom of Father BrownIliff & Sons
  16. 1914The Flying InnMethuen
  17. 1922The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Other StoriesCassel
  18. 1922Eugenics and Other EvilsCassell
  19. 1923St. Francis of AssisiHodder & Stoughton
  20. 1925The Everlasting ManHodder & Stoughton
  21. 1926The Incredulity of Father BrownCassell
  22. 1927The Secret of Father BrownBernhard Tauchnitz
  23. 1931The Floating AdmiralHodder & Stoughton
  24. 1933St. Thomas AquinasHodder & Stoughton
  25. 1937paradoxes of Mr. PondCassell
  26. 1981The Penguin Complete Father BrownPenguin Books
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G. K. Chesterton was born in 1874 and died in 1936.

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