chesterton lebih dikenal karena pendeta-detektif fiksi buatannya romo brown,o'connor, john. father brown on chesterton, frederick muller ltd., 1937. dan untuk apologetik beralasannya.
chesterton lahir di campden hill, kensington, london, sebagai putra dari marie louise, nee grosjean, dan edward chesterton.haushalter, walter m. (1912).
"gilbert keith chesterton," the university magazine, vol. xi, p. 236.
ia dibaptis pada usia sebulan dalam tradisi gereja inggris,ker (2011), p. 1. meskipun keluarganya sendiri terkadang mempraktikan unitarian.ker (2011), p. 13.
chesterton dididik di sekolah santo paulus, kemudian masuk sekolah seni slade dalam rangka menjadi ilustrator.
in order to become an illustrator.
slade adalah sebuah departemen university college london, dimana chesterton juga mengambil budang sastra, namun tidak meraih sebuah gelar dalam subyek manapun.
"the crime of the communist," colliers weekly, july 1934.
"the three horsemen," colliers weekly, april 1935.
"the ring of the lovers," colliers weekly, april 1935.
"a tall story," colliers weekly, april 1935.
"the angry street  a bad dream," famous fantastic mysteries, february 1947.
elsie m. lang, literary london, with an introduction by g. k. chesterton.
london: t. werner laurie, 1906.
george haw, from workhouse to westminster, with an introduction by g.k. chesterton.
london: cassell &
darrell figgs, a vision of life with an introduction by g.k. chesterton.
london: john lane, the bodley head, 1909.
c. creighton mandell, hilaire belloc: the man and his work, with an introduction by g. k. chesterton.
london: methuen &
harendranath maitra, hinduism: the world-ideal, with an introduction by g. k.
london: cecil palmer &
maxim gorki, creatures that once were men, with an introduction by g. k. chesterton.
new york: the modern library, 1918.
sibyl bristowe, provocations, with an introduction by g.k. chesterton.
london: erskine macdonald, 1918.
w.j. lockington, the soul of ireland, with an introduction by g.k. chesterton.
new york: the macmillan company, 1920.
arthur j. penty, post-industrialism, with a preface by g. k. chesterton.
new york: the macmillan company, 1922.
leonard merrick, the house of lynch, with an introduction by g.k. chesterton.
london: hodder &
henri massis, defence of the west, with a preface by g. k. chesterton.
london: harcourt, brace &
francis thompson, the hound of heaven and other poems, with an introduction by g.k.
boston: international pocket library, 1936.
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defiant joy: the remarkable life and impact of g.k.
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the laughing prophet: the seven virtues and g. k.
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new york: twayne publishers.
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chesterton and the edwardian cultural crisis.
hull university press.
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g.k. chesterton as controversialist, essayist, novelist, and critic.
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