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Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an influential English writer of the early 20th century His diverse output included journalism philosophy poetry biography Christian apologetics fantasy and detective fiction Gilbert Keith Chesterton KC*SG was an English writer, philosopher, lay theologian, and literary and art critic. He has been referred to as the "prince of paradox". Time magazine observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out."

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A Christmas Carol
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The Ballad of the White Horse
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The Wise Men
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Lepanto
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The Ballad of St. Barbara
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Gloria in Profundis
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Gold Leaves
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The House of Christmas
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Ecclesiastes
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The Myth of Arthur
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The Englishman
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The Rolling English Road
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By the Babe Unborn
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The Secret People
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A Word
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The Ballad of the Anti-Puritan
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To the Unknown Warrior
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The Song of the Strange Ascetic
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A Ballade of Suicide
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Wine and Water
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A Ballad of Abbreviations
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The Latest School
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Americanisation
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A Ballade of an Anti-puritan
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Femina Contra Mundum
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Modern Elfland
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The Deluge
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A Cider Song
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Rotarians
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The Horrible History of Jones
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A Ballad of Theatricals
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Here is the Little Door
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The Donkey
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The Great Minimum
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A Child of the Snows
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The Song of Quoodle
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The Strange Music
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The Towers of Time
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The Logical Vegetarian
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The Song of Right and Wrong
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The Human Tree
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The Black Virgin
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A Song of Defeat
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The Last Hero
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The Ballad of God-Makers
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The Skeleton
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Elegy in a Country Churchyard
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Songs of Education
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Jealousy
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For a War Memorial
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The Old Song
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On the Disastrous Spread of Aestheticism in all Classes
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Variations of an Air
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The Road to Roundabout
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The Modern Manichee
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An Answer to Frances Cornford
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The New Fiction
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To Belloc
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The Aristocrat
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The Praise of Dust
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The Song of the Oak
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The Philanthropist
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A Broad Minded Bishop Rebukes The Verminous St. Francis
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The Convert
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The Wife of Flanders
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Who Goes Home?
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The New Omar
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A Prayer in Darkness
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The Song of the Wheels
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The Song of Education
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To St. Micheal in Time of Peace
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The Sword of Suprise
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A Little Litany
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St, Francis Xavier
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Antichrist, or the Reunion of Christendom: An Ode
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The Song against Grocers
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The Higher Unity
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A Hymn
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The Judgement of England
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The Holy of Holies
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The New Freethinker
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The Shakespeare Memorial
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Cyclopean
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The Mystery
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Tribute to Gladstone
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The Unpardonable Sin
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Eternities
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A Fairy Tale
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A Certain Evening
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A Man And His Image
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A Chord Of Colour
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A Dedication To E.C.B.
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A Portrait
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A Novelty
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'Vulgarised'
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