G. K. Chesterton / Author
The Man Who Knew Too Much
These eight tales trace the activities of Horne Fisher, a member of a wealthy and socially prominent family who is well acquainted with the ways of the rich and powerful.
The Wisdom of Father Brown
From London to Cornwall, then to Italy and France, a short, shabby priest runs to earth bandits, traitors, killers. Why is he so successful?
The Trees of Pride
Squire Vane was an elderly schoolboy of English education and Irish extraction. His English education, at one of the great public schools, had preserved his intellect perfectly and permanently at...
Manalive
Innocent Smith is a man full of boyish exuberance. Deliberately defying convention, he is involved in a series of madcap pranks. He picnics on rooftops, breaks into his own house and has an affair...
The Man Who Was Thursday
A hilarious, fast-paced tale about a club of anarchists in turn-of-the-century London.
The Innocence of Father Brown
The beloved fictional detective Father Brown solves 12 of his most puzzling cases in this copiously annotated edition.
The Ball and The Cross
This novel chronicles a hot dispute between two Scotsmen, a Roman Catholic and an atheist, whose fanatically held opinions inspire a host of comic adventures. The story?s allegorical levels...
The Club of Queer Trades
Chesterton's brilliant wit here satirizes the popular conception and methods of a master sleuth--such as Sherlock Holmes--giving the reader a series of entertaining and unforgettable stories.
The Ballad of the White Horse
Segments of the epic have been selected to convey a general idea of the account it gives of the historical and legendary events. Chesterton interweaves historical information with references to a...