Gilbert Keith Chesterton


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This is the first and only authorized biography of G.K. Chesterton, written by his friend, Maisie Ward.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 – 1936), was an English writer, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, lay theologian, biographer, and literary and art critic. He wrote around 80 books, several hundred poems, some 200 short stories, 4000 essays, and several plays. Chesterton is well known for his fictional priest-detective Father Brown, and for his reasoned apologetics. He converted from Anglicanism to Catholicism in 1922. (Summary by Maria Therese, partially adapted from Wikipedia) (24 hr 58 min)

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Introduction 18:00 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
Background for Gilbert Keith Chesterton 14:36 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
Childhood 24:13 Gelesen von Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
School Days, Part 1 30:17 Gelesen von Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
School Days, Part 2 26:02 Gelesen von Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
Art Schools and University College 33:52 Gelesen von Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
The Notebook 19:04 Gelesen von Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
Towards a Career 37:26 Gelesen von Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
Incipit Vita Nova 20:20 Gelesen von Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
To Frances 25:14 Gelesen von Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
A Long Engagement 43:44 Gelesen von Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
Who is G.K.C.?, Part 1 29:52 Gelesen von Candace Tuttle
Who is G.K.C.?, Part 2 33:37 Gelesen von Candace Tuttle
Married Life in London, Part 1 43:40 Gelesen von Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
Married Life in London, Part 2 45:25 Gelesen von Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
Clearing the Ground for Orthodoxy 43:13 Gelesen von Candace Tuttle
Orthodoxy 29:03 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
Bernard Shaw, Part 1 27:47 Gelesen von Kathleen Moore
Bernard Shaw, Part 2 30:46 Gelesen von Kathleen Moore
From Battersea to Beaconsfield, Part 1 23:56 Gelesen von Candace Tuttle
From Battersea to Beaconsfield, Part 2 33:46 Gelesen von Candace Tuttle
A Circle of Friends 40:59 Gelesen von Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
The Disillusioned Liberal, Part 1 27:33 Gelesen von Buchernarr
The Disillusioned Liberal, Part 2 29:09 Gelesen von Buchernarr
The Eye Witness 42:03 Gelesen von Candace Tuttle
Marconi, Part 1 37:36 Gelesen von Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
Marconi, Part 2 25:27 Gelesen von Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
The Eve of the War (1911-1915), Part 1 29:01 Gelesen von Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
The Eve of the War (1911-1915), Part 2 27:08 Gelesen von Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
The War Years, Part 1 31:39 Gelesen von Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
The War Years, Part 2 36:02 Gelesen von Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
After the Armistice 41:12 Gelesen von Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
Rome via Jerusalem, Part 1 42:58 Gelesen von Carol Pelster
Rome via Jerusalem, Part 2 39:47 Gelesen von Carol Pelster
Completion 37:33 Gelesen von Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
The Reluctant Editor (1925-1930), Part 1 23:43 Gelesen von Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
The Reluctant Editor (1925-1930), Part 2 26:50 Gelesen von Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
The Distributist League and Distributism 40:07 Gelesen von Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
Silver Wedding, Part 1 37:13 Gelesen von Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
Silver Wedding, Part 2 34:33 Gelesen von Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
Columbus, Part 1 33:38 Gelesen von Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
Columbus, Part 2 34:49 Gelesen von Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
The Soft Answer 38:05 Gelesen von juddmoss
Our Lady's Tumbler 25:03 Gelesen von Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
The Living Voice 40:33 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
Last Days 17:36 Gelesen von KevinS
Appendix A—An Earlier Chesterton 5:49 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
Appendix B—Prize Poem Written at St. Paul's 3:48 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
Appendix C—The Chestertons 15:00 Gelesen von Larry Wilson