Beschreibung
G.K. Chesterton was born in 1874 and educated at St Paul's School in London. After two unfinished degrees in both illustration and literature, he became an artist, columnist, arts critic and prolific writer. The religious esotericism of his youth increasingly gave way to orthodox Christianity, and he converted to Roman Catholicism in 1922, going on to become Knight Commander with Star of the Papal Order of St. Gregory the Great. A very large man of 6'4" and 21 stone, Chesterton also had a 'colossal genius' according to his friend George Bernard Shaw - and his work, particularly The Man Who Was Thursday and the Father Brown stories, has had an astounding impact on English fiction. Chesterton died of heart failure in his home in 1936, and was given a Requiem Mass in Westminster Cathedral.
| EAN: | 9780141199771 |
| Farbverschnitt: | Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 27.09.2012 |
| Produktform: | Kartoniert |
| Beilage: | B-format paperback |
| Titel der Reihe: | The Penguin English Library## |
| Autoren: | Chesterton, Gilbert Keith |
| Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: | 175 |
| Themenüberschrift: | FICTION / Classics |
| Keyword: | brave new world; throne of glass; moby dick; catcher in the rye; catch 22; the bell jar; anna karenina; ready player one; when breath becomes air; ursula le guin; the picture of dorian gray; slaughterhouse 5; a tale of two cities; gone with the wind; ernest hemingway; alan moore; oscar wilde; the old man and the sea; the godfather; a clockwork orange; vanity fair; tinker tailor soldier spy; naomi klein; bleak house; being mortal; hannah arendt; thomas hardy; a room with a view; evelyn waugh; the trouble with goats and sheep; the quiet american; classic |
| Fachschema: | Englische Belletristik / Kriminalroman~Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Kriminalroman, Thriller |
| Fachkategorie: | Kriminalromane und Mystery~Klassische Lyrik, Lyrik bis 1900, Klassische Belletristik |
| Imprint-Titels: | Penguin Classics |
| Text Sprache: | eng |
| Originalsprache: | eng |
| Verlag: | Penguin Books Ltd (UK) |
| Länge: | 195 mm |
| Breite: | 128 mm |
| Höhe: | 15 mm |
| Gewicht: | 153 gr |
| Genre: | Importe |
| Herkunftsland: | GROSSBRITANNIEN (GB) |