The Trees of Pride (1922) by: Gilbert Keith Chesterton

by G. K. Chesterton

Overview

Three trees, known as the Peacock trees, are blamed by the peasants for the fever that has killed many. Squire Vane scoffs at this legend as superstition. To prove them wrong, once and for all, he takes a bet to spend the night in the trees. In the morning he has vanished. Is he dead, and if so who has killed him? The poet? The lawyer? The woodsman? The trees?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781542777025
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	01/26/2017
Pages:	88
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.18(d)

About the Author

British writer GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON (1874-1936) expounded prolifically about his wide-ranging philosophies. A man of strong opinions, with a humorous style that earned him the title of the "prince of paradox," he is impossible to categorize as "liberal" or "conservative": he was a literary critic, historian, playwright, novelist, columnist, and poet. His thousands of essays and 80 books remain among the most beloved in the English language.