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Heretics

G. K. Chesterton

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 157 pages

Heretics is a collection of essays by G. K. Chesterton, first published in 1905. In it he examines the ideas and worldviews of various contemporary writers and thinkers, challenging their assumptions with wit and paradox. It is worth listening to for its lively, provocative prose and its defense of a traditional moral and religious outlook.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. HERETICS
  2. Table of Contents
  3. I. Introductory Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy
  4. II. On the negative spirit
  5. III. On Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Making the World Small
  6. IV. Mr. Bernard Shaw
  7. V. Mr. H. G. Wells and the Giants
  8. VI. Christmas and the Aesthetes
  9. VII. Omar and the Sacred Vine
  10. VIII. The Mildness of the Yellow Press
  11. IX. The Moods of Mr. George Moore
  12. X. On Sandals and Simplicity
  13. XI. Science and the Savages
  14. XII. Paganism and Mr. Lowes Dickinson
  15. XIII. Celts and Celtophiles
  16. XIV. On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family
  17. XV. On Smart Novelists and the Smart Set
  18. XVI. On Mr. McCabe and a Divine Frivolity
  19. XVII. On the Wit of Whistler
  20. XVIII. The Fallacy of the Young Nation
  21. XIX. Slum Novelists and the Slums
  22. XX. Concluding Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy
  23. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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