All Things Considered

All Things Considered

G K Chesterton

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Año de edición:
2025
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Política y gobierno
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9781006013898
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All Things Considered is an extensive collection of essays by the great English author and humorist G K Chesterton. This collection contains the following titles: The case for the ephemeral -- Cockneys and their jokes -- The fallacy of success -- On running after one’s hat -- The vote and the house -- Conceit and caricature -- Patriotism and sport -- An essay on two cities -- French and English -- The Zola controversy -- Oxford from without -- Woman -- The modern martyr -- On political secrecy -- Thoughts around Koepenick -- The boy -- On the cryptic and the elliptic -- The worship of the wealthy -- The Methuselahite -- The error of impartiality -- Fairy tales -- Tom Jones and morality -- The Maid of Orleans -- A dead poet -- Christmas.

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