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This excellent set of stories from G.K. Chesterton exemplifies the lighthearted style with which the author sought to imitate the popular writers of detective fiction.
In applying his humour and writing talents, Chesterton gained a significant fan base of his own. The Man Who Knew Too Much is a selection of stories portraying Horne Fisher - the titular 'man' - in a series of escapades through British high society. Being as he is associated by marriage and station to the Establishment of the UK, many of Fisher's cases surround high profile murders - in the final story, the Prime Minister himself is implicated.
While clearly a lighthearted, even parodying, take on the extremely popular detective fiction, G.K. Chesterton's stories were taken seriously in other circles. Over three decades after this book's original publication in 1922, filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock created an adaptation for the screen which was widely lauded for its suspenseful treatment of intrigue among the societal elite.
Characterised by his easily digestible style, ready use and exposure of paradox, and his use of wit and humour to advance argument, Chesterton's fiction and non-fiction writings on the topics of human behaviour and wider society remain relevant and poignant to this day.
In applying his humour and writing talents, Chesterton gained a significant fan base of his own. The Man Who Knew Too Much is a selection of stories portraying Horne Fisher - the titular 'man' - in a series of escapades through British high society. Being as he is associated by marriage and station to the Establishment of the UK, many of Fisher's cases surround high profile murders - in the final story, the Prime Minister himself is implicated.
While clearly a lighthearted, even parodying, take on the extremely popular detective fiction, G.K. Chesterton's stories were taken seriously in other circles. Over three decades after this book's original publication in 1922, filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock created an adaptation for the screen which was widely lauded for its suspenseful treatment of intrigue among the societal elite.
Characterised by his easily digestible style, ready use and exposure of paradox, and his use of wit and humour to advance argument, Chesterton's fiction and non-fiction writings on the topics of human behaviour and wider society remain relevant and poignant to this day.
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G.K. Chesterton was born in 1874 in the district of Kensington - London, England. After studying art at the Slade School, and literature at University College in London, the young writer embarked on what was to become a daring and unique literary career. Although his greatest desire was to be known as a journalist, Chesterton would also author volumes of poetry, together with piercing criticisms of contemporary society and its views. His fiction works would sell well, with titles such as "The Man Who Was Thursday", a thriller combining espionage and metaphysics, and "The Everlasting Man", which chronicles mankind's spiritual journey. Following his authorship of many essays surrounding Christianity and Catholicism, Chesterton converted to Catholicism in 1922. The author is also popularly known for his Father Brown books - a priest and detective, this popular character first appeared in "The Innocence of Father Brown". Chesterton died of heart failure at home in 1936, and was posthumously lauded and venerated by figures both literary and religious. In the 21st century, he has been considered a possible figure for canonization for his ample writings on Christianity.
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- EditoreCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Data di pubblicazione2016
- ISBN 10 153369477X
- ISBN 13 9781533694775
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine64
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