The Trees of Pride Summary
G. K. Chesterton

THE TREES OF PRIDE:  I. THE TALE OF THE PEACOCK TREES II.  THE WAGER OF SQUIRE VANE III.  THE MYSTERY OF THE WELL IV.  THE CHASE AFTER THE TRUTH THE TREES OF PRIDE I. THE TALE OF T... Read more

Biography EssayBest known for his Father Brown detective stories, and most admired as a thinker for his fulllength books, of which he wrote almost fifty, G. K. Chesterton is numbered among the great e... Read more

"G. K. Chesterton," declared William B. Furlong in the Dictionary of Literary Biography, "was a legend in London literary circles even during his lifetime. George Bernard Shaw called him 'a man of col... Read more

Gilbert Keith Chesterton was a poet who is also remembered as an essayist, a novelist and short-story writer, a literary critic, a playwright, and a religious controversialist. As the author of more t... Read more

Gilbert Keith Chesterton, journalist, essayist, master ideologue of religion and politics, and a seminal figure in the development of the modern detective story, was born on 29 May 1874 in Campden Hil... Read more

G. K. Chesterton, one of the most versatile men of letters of his generation--he distinguished himself, to a greater or lesser degree, as essayist, poet, novelist, playwright, detective story writer, ... Read more