Four Faultless Felons

G.K. Chesterton

A novel series by G.K. Chesterton of four intertwined novellas whose central characters appear to be involved in murder, fraud, theft and treason. Are these friends involved in crimes? Are these individuals faultless as the books title suggests? A good book for people who love suspenseful novels that features mind-blowing twists, awesome plots, and events that will keep you engaged page by page.

Manalive

G.K. Chesterton

Perhaps the most light-hearted of all Chestertons works, Manalive follows the fun loving Innocent Smith who, after bringing joy to a boarding house, is charged with a series of crimes. Later accused even of murder and denounced for philandering everywhere he goes, Smith prompts his newfound acquaintances to recognize an important idea in most unexpected ways. In this delightfully strange mystery, Chesterton demonstrates why life is worth living, and that sometimes we need a little madness just to know we are alive.

Święty Tomasz z Akwinu  

G. K. Chesterton

Święty Tomasz z Akwinu G. K. Chesterton Tł. Magda Sobolewska Chesterton podyktował Świętego Tomasza z Akwinu błyskawicznie, jakby pod natchnieniem chwili, niemal nie korzystając ze źródeł, a osiągnął efekt zdumiewający. Etienne Gilson, jeden z największych tomistów XX w., okrzyknął jego dzieło " bez wątpienia najlepszą książką, jaką napisano o św.Tomaszu". Być może Chesterton potrafił tak doskonale zrozumieć swojego bohatera, bo był do niego bardzo podobny. Obaj uznawani byli w szkole za tępaków, imponowali wzrostem i tuszą, uprawiali "niezwykłe hobby, jakim jest myślenie" i wyrażali swoje myśli w setkach tomów, których wystarczyłoby "do zatopienia okrętu albo zapełnienia biblioteki". Mieli ten sam polemiczny temperament, przenikliwość i genialny dar syntezy. Ze spotkania tych dwóch nieprzeciętnych osobowości powstała niezwykła biografia, przypominająca impresjonistyczny portret namalowany przy użyciu wielu kontrastowych barw albo średniowieczny obraz, składający się z wielu osobnych scen z życia jednej postaci. Z tej różnorodnej mozaiki wyłania się spójny wizerunek wielkiego filozofa na tle epoki i szerszej perspektywy dziejów, sięgającej aż po nasze czasy. Chesterton nazywa bowiem św. Tomasza "lekarzem współczesnego świata (...) wezwanym do łoża śmierci", a jego słowa nie tylko nie straciły, ale wręcz zyskały na aktualności. Nasza kultura, gorączkowo poszukująca istoty człowieczeństwa, a zarazem chorobliwie kwestionująca jej podstawy, potrzebuje trzeźwej diagnozy Chestertona, który proponuje nam lekarstwo w postaci życiowej mądrości Akwinaty i wiary we Wcielenie.

The Ball and The Cross

G.K. Chesterton

A very good Christian book, which, nevertheless, speaks not so much about Christianity in itself, as about humanity, as the principle of life in general. If there were such a category as social Christian romance, then this book would be one of the most remarkable examples. The book is attractive and not only because of the description of a non-ideal world, but also because of the authors attitude to his characters. There are no heroes in principle, there are only images. Very bright and understandable.

The Club of Queer Trades

G.K. Chesterton

Chestertons book is a series of mysterious stories with the participation of the narrator and his friend, an eccentric ex-judge Basil Grant. Each story is about someone who belongs to the Club of Strange Merchants about who makes a living in a unique way. This is an exciting journey for every reader.

The Father Brown Stories

G.K. Chesterton

Brown is a short, inconspicuous provincial priest in a ridiculous wide-brimmed hat and an old umbrella. It is amazing how the author twisted the plot in an incredible way, fitting such a complex structure consisting of small details and nuances into such a small amount of stories. At the same time, Father Brown finds himself in the crime scene quite by accident. Either this is a social reception, then it comes back from the funeral, then by invitation. And always his figure in the crowd causes the least interest, and, more often, the bewilderment of others. And his analytical and deductive abilities forced others to drop his jaw to the floor from an incredible denouement of history.

The Flying Inn

G.K. Chesterton

Armed with a donkey cart filled with rum, cheese and a tavern signpost, pub owner Humphrey Hump and Captain Patrick Dalroy, a crimson-haired giant with a tendency to burst into song, take to the road in this rollicking, madcap adventure, encountering revolution, romance, and a cast of memorable characters. In this hilarious, satirical romp, G.K. Chesterton demonstrates his intense distrust of power and progressives, railing against Prohibition, vegetarianism, theosophy, and other dreary and oppressive forces of modernity.

The Incredulity of Father Brown

G.K. Chesterton

The Incredulity of Father Brown is the third collection of short mysteries by G.K. Chesterton about that character. In The Incredulity of Father Brown, all the stories involve murders and conflicts between Catholicism and atheism and spiritualism. We find the usual Chesterton moral landscape -- in which the author paints a picture of nature somehow mirroring the fact that something is very wrong. In The Incredulity of Father Brown, G.K. Chesterton treats us to another set of bizarre crimes that only his stumpy Roman Catholic prelate has the wisdom and mindset to solve. As usual, Chesterton loves playing with early twentieth-century class distinctions, common-sense assumptions, and the often anti-Catholic biases of his characters.