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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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Lepanto
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The Ballad of St. Barbara
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The Ballad of the White Horse
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Gloria in Profundis
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Ecclesiastes
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The Englishman
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The Myth of Arthur
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The Ballad of the Anti-Puritan
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To the Unknown Warrior
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A Word
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Gold Leaves
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The Wise Men
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The Rolling English Road
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The Secret People
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The House of Christmas
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The Latest School 138 Views
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A Ballade of Suicide
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The Song of the Strange Ascetic
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Americanisation
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By the Babe Unborn
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A Ballade of an Anti-puritan
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Wine and Water
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A Ballad of Abbreviations 128 Views
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Femina Contra Mundum
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Modern Elfland
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The Deluge
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Rotarians
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A Cider Song
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The Horrible History of Jones
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A Ballad of Theatricals 113 Views
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A Child of the Snows
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The Great Minimum
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The Towers of Time
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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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The Song of Quoodle
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The Strange Music
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The Donkey
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Songs of Education
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Elegy in a Country Churchyard 87 Views
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Jealousy
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On the Disastrous Spread of Aestheticism in all Classes
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The Old Song
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The Last Hero
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The Ballad of God-Makers
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For a War Memorial
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The Skeleton
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Here is the Little Door
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Variations of an Air
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The Modern Manichee
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The New Fiction 80 Views
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The Road to Roundabout
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To Belloc
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The Logical Vegetarian 78 Views
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An Answer to Frances Cornford 76 Views
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The Aristocrat
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A Song of Defeat
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The Song of the Oak
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A Broad Minded Bishop Rebukes The Verminous St. Francis 66 Views
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The Praise of Dust
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The Philanthropist
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The Convert
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The Wife of Flanders
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The New Omar
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The Song of the Wheels
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Who Goes Home?
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To St. Micheal in Time of Peace
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The Sword of Suprise
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A Prayer in Darkness
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St, Francis Xavier
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The Song of Education
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Antichrist, or the Reunion of Christendom: An Ode
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A Little Litany
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The Higher Unity
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A Hymn
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The Judgement of England 44 Views
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The Holy of Holies
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The Song against Grocers
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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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Eternities
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The Unpardonable Sin
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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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