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Tremendous Trifles — G. K. Chesterton

Tremendous Trifles

G. K. Chesterton

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 155 pages

Tremendous Trifles is a collection of short essays by G. K. Chesterton, originally written for the Daily News. In a playful, digressive style, Chesterton meditates on ordinary things—trains, chalk, toys, streets—and finds wonder, paradox and moral reflection in them. It is worth listening to for its warm humor and imaginative view of daily life.

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

Contents

  1. TREMENDOUS TRIFLES
  2. CONTENTS
  3. PREFACE
  4. I. Tremendous Trifles
  5. II. A Piece of Chalk
  6. III. The Secret of a Train
  7. IV. The Perfect Game
  8. V. The Extraordinary Cabman
  9. VI. An Accident
  10. VII. The Advantages of Having One Leg
  11. VIII. The End of the World
  12. IX. In the Place de La Bastille
  13. X. On Lying in Bed
  14. XI. The Twelve Men
  15. XII. The Wind and the Trees
  16. XIII. The Dickensian
  17. XIV. In Topsy-Turvy Land
  18. XV. What I Found in My Pocket
  19. XVI. The Dragon’s Grandmother
  20. XVII. The Red Angel
  21. XVIII. The Tower
  22. XIX. How I Met the President
  23. XX. The Giant
  24. XXI. A Great Man
  25. XXII. The Orthodox Barber
  26. XXIII. The Toy Theatre
  27. XXIV. A Tragedy of Twopence
  28. XXV. A Cab Ride Across Country
  29. XXVI. The Two Noises
  30. XXVII. Some Policemen and a Moral

and 13 more chapters

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