ScoutTN Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 I am just learning about him. If you like his writing, please give me some suggestions! What are your favorites? I am open to fiction or non, poetry or prose. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Nyssa Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 I love the Fr Brown stories and the Man Who Was Thursday-- although I have to say not everyone likes that one-- the ending is what some dislike. I also like the Napoleon of Notting Hill and the Club of Queer Trades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 The Father Brown stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquinas Academy Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Orthodoxy Father Brown Stories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naturalmom Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Father Brown stories Orthodoxy What's Wrong with the World The Man Who Was Thursday essays (I don't know the title, it's just a collection of essays) Once I get a Nook I plan to get a lot more Chesterton to read:) I'm interested in reading Everlasting Man and Heretics... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizaG Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 (edited) For some reason, I don't really enjoy Chesterton's Father Brown stories, although I love his essays. What's Wrong With the World is one of my favorite compilations. :) ETA a wee excerpt: *** Man as a social idealist will say "I am tired of being a Puritan; I want to be a Pagan," or "Beyond this dark probation of Individualism I see the shining paradise of Collectivism." Now in bodily ills there is none of this difference about the ultimate ideal. The patient may or may not want quinine; but he certainly wants health. No one says "I am tired of this headache; I want some toothache," or "The only thing for this Russian influenza is a few German measles," or "Through this dark probation of catarrh I see the shining paradise of rheumatism." But exactly the whole difficulty in our public problems is that some men are aiming at cures which other men would regard as worse maladies; are offering ultimate conditions as states of health which others would uncompromisingly call states of disease. Edited September 1, 2011 by Eleanor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britomart Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 I really like Manalive! It's a short novel about a fellow named Innocent Smith, who breaks into his own house and seduces his own wife and a bunch of other wonderful things. It has one of the best proposals in literature in it too. And Orthodoxy is a must. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Orthodoxy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 To be honest, I haven't yet found a Chesterton work that I didn't LOVE. He's one of my favorite authors. For enjoyment, start with the Father Brown mysteries and The Club of Queer Trades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emcap Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Father Brown stories The Man Who Was Thursday The Flying Inn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdinaryTime Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Love G.K.! Even have a quote of his in my signature. Non-Fiction: Orthodoxy Fiction: The Man Who Was Thursday Biography: The Dumb Ox (St. Thomas Aqunias) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted September 2, 2011 Author Share Posted September 2, 2011 Thanks for all the good suggestions. Off to the library website to reserve some books! Don't you just love finding a new author to read?! Treasure! :D:D:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smillard00 Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 FYI -- We were able to get a huge Chesterton collection free on Kindle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirch Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 FYI -- We were able to get a huge Chesterton collection free on Kindle. Us too. All I've read so far is The Man Who Was Thursday. It was an interesting way to begin my acquaintance with Chesterton. I would recommend finding out more about him/the book before you dive into that one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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