"English prose literature 20th century." . . "English literature." . . "English prose literature 19th century." . . . . "1800 - 1999" . . "Essays (English)" . . . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Born in London, Chesterton was educated at St. Paul's, but never went to college. He went to art school. In 1900, he was asked to contribute a few magazine articles on art criticism, and went on to become one of the most prolific writers of all time. He wrote a hundred books, contributions to 200 more, hundreds of poems, including the epic Ballad of the White Horse, five plays, five novels, and some two hundred short stories, including a popular series featuring the priest-detective, Father Brown. In spite of his literary accomplishments, he considered himself primarily a journalis."@en . . . . . . . "Thirty-nine essays in miscellaneous subjects."@en . . . . . . "Alarms and Discursions" . "Alarms and Discursions"@en . . . . "Alarms and discrusions"@en . "Alarms and discussions"@en . "Alarms and discussions" . . . . . . . . . . . . "Alarms and Discursions. [Essays.]"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Alarms and discursion" . . . . . . . . . "Alarms and discursions. [Essays.]"@en . . . . . . . . "Alarms and discursions, by G.K. Chesterton"@en . "Essays by Chesterton on a variety of subjects are collected together in this book."@en . . . . . . . "Alarms and discursions" . "Alarms and discursions"@en . . "This wide-ranging 1906 sampler of the wit of the polymath and pundit includes \"On Gargoyles\", \"A Man and His Newspaper\", \"Cheese\", \"The Futurists\", \"The Anarchist\", \"How I Found the Superman\", and more. His thoughts on topics such as heaven (a place where boys can roughhouse without hurting themselves) and driving (versus walking) are unique and wise."@en . . . . . . . . "English essays" . "English prose literature." . . "LITERARY COLLECTIONS Essays." . . "FICTION / General." . .