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Chesterton On The Web

Chesterton On The Web

I’ve recently felt the need to reacquaint myself with the works G.K. Chesterton.  I’ve read Orthodoxy, which left me both puzzled and intrigued, and I’ve started The Man Who Was Thursday several times, and though I find it very intriguing, I never stick with it.  But I’ve found that even snippets of Chesterton’s writings are among the most rewarding things I’ll read all day/week/month, and so I keep reading.

So, to any Chestertonites out there, where would be a good place to start on this list?  While you’re thinking that over, I’ll just revisit what is perhaps my favorite Chesterton quote:

Here dies another day

During which I have had ears, eyes, hands

And the great world around me;

And with tomorrow begins another.

Why am I allowed two?

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  • Nov 11, 2005, 2:45pm

Comments

  1. josh

    November 12, 2005 9:13am

    start with orthodoxy. then read a father brown tale or two for fun. then, wig out your brain with the superb man who was thursday!

    it’s well worth the time investment. and then some.

  2. Jason

    November 12, 2005 2:39pm

    Thanks for the recommendations.

  3. Vince Wagner

    November 13, 2005 10:43pm

    I’m reading “The Everlasting Man” right now and it’s pretty incredible.  It’s pretty much all I’ve read of his; but, I agree with your statement about his essays.  They’re what got me interested.

  4. Jason

    November 14, 2005 10:31am

    I haven’t read “The Everlasting Man”.  Care to summarize?

  5. Adam Hildebrandt

    November 15, 2005 9:52am

    The Everlasting Man is Chestertons account of Human History and very good, I am still reading it.

    For fiction finish ‘The Man Who Was Thursday’, but also read ‘The Napolean Of Notting Hill’, ‘Manalive’ and ‘The Flying Inn’.

    a m hildebrandt

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