Varied Types (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by G. K. Chesterton

Overview

Originally appearing in The Daily News and The Speaker, the essays collected in Varied Types (1903) include perceptive looks at such literary notables as Lord Byron, Charlotte Brontё, William Morris, and Bret Harte, as well as studies of some decidedly non-literary figures, including Queen Victoria.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411463882
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	12/19/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	284
File size:	302 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was was known as the “prince of paradox,” and a prolific and influential English writer known for the wide-range of his talents, which included mysteries, fantasies, and Christian apologetics.  A spirited Catholic polemicist, he was the author of the beloved Father Brown mysteries, as well as of the classic metaphysical thriller, The Man Who Was Thursday.