G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was an artist, philosopher, columnist, arts critic and prolific writer. A very large man of 6'4" and 21 stone, Chesterton also had a 'colossal genius' according to his friend George Bernard Shaw - and his work, particularly The Man Who Was Thursday and the Father Brown stories, has had an astounding impact on English fiction. Chesterton died of heart failure in his home in 1936, and was given a Requiem Mass in Westminster Cathedral.
De la
extensa obra de Chesterton, lo más difundido son, sobre todo, los cuentos
detectivescos del Padre Brown y la novela metafísico-policial El hombre que
jueves. Lo más importante, sin embargo, se encuentra en sus ensayos, que, en
número superior a 4.000, publicó a lo largo de...
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