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    The Quotable Chesterton: The Wit and Wisdom of G.K. Chesterton

    By Kevin Belmonte

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    G. K. Chesterton was a literary giant of his age. With an exceptional intellect, he wrote about history, politics, economics, philosophy, social and literary criticism, and theology. He published essays, novels, biographies, short stories, and poetry, and the Christian classics Heretics, Orthodoxy, and The Everlasting Man, which C. S. Lewis credits as instrumental in his conversion to Christianity.

    With much of his finest material out of print or hard to find, modern readers have long needed a standard collection of his best thoughts. Kevin Belmonte’s The Quotable Chesterton brings them to you arranged alphabetically by topic, with complete original source documentation.

    There are entries from Adventure to Cheese, Politics to Émile Zola, interspersed with essays about Chesterton’s life and times. Hundreds of passages drawn from Chesterton’s fiction, poetry, essays, and other books showcase a man the New York Times hailed as a “brilliant English essayist” and George Bernard Shaw called a “colossal genius.”

    Endorsements:

    “There isn’t a writer who gets me pacing and smiling and thinking like G.K. Chesterton. His every paradigm shift is an adjustment to my mental compass, and so a gift.” —DONALD MILLER, author of the New York Times bestsellers A Million Miles in a Thousand Years and Blue Like Jazz

    “Over the years, I have delivered thousands of lectures, speeches, talks, and sermons; I have written hundreds of articles, essays, books, and reviews; it is an exceedingly rare occasion when any of them should fail to contain the words ‘Chesterton once said.’ Kevin Belmonte here reveals that fountain of wit, wisdom, and wonder, G.K. Chesterton, in all his irresistibly, irrepressibly, quotable splendor.”—GEORGE GRANT, Pastor, Parish Presbyterian Church, and Chancellor, New College Franklin

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas Nelson
    Release dateJan 3, 2011
    ISBN9781595553843
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    Kevin Belmonte

    Kevin Belmonte holds a BA in English Literature and two MA's in Church History and American and New England studies. He is the author of several books including William Wilberforce: A Hero for Humanity and winner of the prestigious John Pollock Award for Christian Biography

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    • 4/5
      G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) was a sharp-witted British author famous for his genial sense of humor and unconventional way of stating truth. This collection of quotes covers a wide range of topics, from snippets of Chesterton's novels to his literary criticism of such authors as Charles Dickens and Jane Austen. Chesterton was an accomplished essayist—which in my mind means that he had opinions on every subject and no compunctions about sharing them! He loved to debate (especially with his friendly enemy George Bernard Shaw), and his reasoned defenses of Christian doctrine continue to instruct readers today. His fiction explores such diverse genres as fantasy and detective fiction, and he also wrote plays and poetry. Chesterton's style is very distinctive, and after reading a good dose of his quotes I would find myself thinking in his language, turning the meaning of truth inside out to make old things seem new. He said once that paradox is just truth standing on her head to get attention, and he made full use of the strength of that technique. His literary presence (like his physical) is mammoth; his continuing influence on other authors is astonishing. Chesterton's The Everlasting Man was instrumental in C. S. Lewis's conversion to Christianity, and countless other authors have pointed to Chesterton as their benefactor in some way, including Dorothy Sayers, Mahatma Gandhi, Neil Gaiman, and more.It took me quite awhile to get through this book of quotes. This type of collection is hard to read all at once; as much as I enjoy Chesterton, I found that a little goes a long way. The same was true when I started reading his Father Brown mysteries. They're excellent, but are best taken one at a time. But I thoroughly enjoyed this excursion into Chesterton's thought, and I think a collection of his quotes has been long overdue.Witty, often hilarious even when dealing with serious subjects, with his eyes wide open to the beauty and poetry of the ordinariness of every day, and with ideas that are startlingly relevant in our postmodern world, Chesterton is not an author to miss. And if you are the sort of person who enjoys crystalline quotes as representative of an author's thought, Chesterton is a veritable diamond mine. Recommended!Disclosure: I received this book at no cost through Thomas Nelson's BookSneeze program. This review is my honest opinion of the work.
    • 5/5
      The Quotable Chesterton is an amazing compilation of articles (quotes) by G K Chesterton, an English writer and literary critic that were published in the early 1900's. I am a first-time reader and have come away with a deep respect for an extremely intelligent man who was a brilliant word-crafter.You'll find his quotes, and many of my favorites, covering a vast amount of topics such as Charity, Eternity, Greatness, Marriage and Music; just to name a few since Chesterton covers many passages from Politics to Fairy tales.What has impressed me the most in reading his book of quotes is understanding Chesterton's stand on defending the Christian faith and sharing his perspective and take on so many things that were so relevant to the 20th century.I found Chesterton to be a great poet and a good one at that. Indeed his writings are a blessing to mankind. He wrote, "If seeds in the black earth can turn into such beautiful roses, what might not the heart of man become in its long journey towards the stars."I can see why Chesterton `s book The Everlasting Man contributed to C.S. Lewis' conversion. Now I am a Chesterton fan. This is a great book, The Quotable Chesterton.