Le Paradoxe ambulant - 59 essais

The Napoleon of Notting Hill is G. K. Chesterton's first novel. Published in 1904, it is set at the end of the twentieth century. London is still a city of gas lamps and horse-drawn vehicles, but democratic government has withered away, and a representative ordinary citizen is simply chosen for a list to be king.

Le Napoléon de Notting Hill

"And the young woman of the house," asked Dr. Hood, with huge and silent amusement, "what does she want?" "Why, she wants to marry him," cried Father Brown, sitting up eagerly. "That is just the awful complication." "It is indeed a hideous enigma," said Dr. Hood. "This young James Todhunter," continued the cleric, "is a very decent man so far as I know; but then nobody knows very much. He is a bright, brownish little fellow, agile like a monkey, clean-shaven like an actor, and obliging like a born courtier. He seems to have quite a pocketful of money, but nobody knows what his trade is. Mrs. MacNab, therefore (being of a pessimistic turn), is quite sure it is something dreadful, and probably connected with dynamite.

La sagesse du père Brown

Trois nouvelles méconnues : Le jardin enfumé, La tour de la trahison et Le cinq de pique qui développent chacune une intrigue aux frontières du fantastique.

Le Jardin Enfumé: Et Autres Nouvelles

Patrick Dalroy, un jeune Irlandais à la force physique peu commune, rentré au pays après une campagne légendaire contre les Turcs, apprend de la bouche de son meilleur ami, que le tyran du Comté s'apprête, sous l'influence hautement maléfique d'un fanatique musulman, à fermer toutes les vieilles auberges du pays.

On devine la suite : le roman est tissé d'exploits et d'aventures dignes du chevalier à la Triste Figure. Nos amis sont bien décidés à rétablir la loi de la dive bouteille dans leur pays menacé par l'Infidèle de mourir de soif. Le tempérament de Chesterton peut alors se déployer dans tout son éclat, renouant avec la plus belle tradition picaresque anglaise, celle des Sterne, Fielding et autres Smollett.

Livre prophétique, L'Auberge volante, écrit Pierre Boutang, « pourra éveiller et instruire ceux qui, en l'Occident européen, songent encore à relever certains défis, et restent fidèles à leur héritage ».

L'auberge volante

Le Meurtre Des Piliers Blancs: Et Autres Textes

L'œil d'Apollon

This   carefully crafted ebook: "All Father Brown Mysteries - Complete edition" is   formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of   contents.
Father Brown is a fictional character created by English novelist G. K.   Chesterton, who stars in 51 detective short stories, most of which were later   compiled in five books. Chesterton based the character on Father John   O'Connor, a parish priest in Bradford who was involved in Chesterton's   conversion to Catholicism. The relationship was recorded by O'Connor in his   1937 book Father Brown on Chesterton.
This omnibus contains the following books:
1. The Innocence of Father Brown
2. The Wisdom of Father Brown
3. The Incredulity of Father Brown
4. The Secret of Father Brown
5. The Scandal of Father Brown
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936) was an English writer, lay   theologian, poet, dramatist, journalist, orator, literary and art critic,   biographer, and Christian apologist. Chesterton is often referred to as the   "prince of paradox".

All Father Brown Mysteries - Complete edition

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy, and detective fiction. Chesterton has been called the "prince of paradox." He wrote in an off-hand, whimsical prose studded with startling formulations. He is one of the few Christian thinkers who are equally admired and quoted by both liberal and conservative Christians, and indeed by many non-Christians. And in his own words he cast aspersions on the labels saying, "The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes from being corrected." Chesterton wrote many books among which are: All Things Considered (1908), Alarms and Discursions (1910), The Ballad of the White Horse (1911), The Appetite of Tyranny (1915), The Everlasting Man (1925), The Secret of Father Brown (1927) and The Scandal of Father Brown (1935).

Le Paradoxe ambulant - 59 essais

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