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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:Author
gptkb:Journalist
gptkb:Writer
gptkb:poet
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gptkbp:adapted_into
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gptkb:television_series
gptkb:films
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gptkbp:associated_act
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gptkb:The_Catholic_Church
Literary criticism
Social criticism
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gptkbp:associated_with
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gptkb:The_Catholic_Church
gptkb:The_Distributist_League
Distributism
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gptkbp:award
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gptkb:Detective_Fiction_Award
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:The_Inklings
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gptkbp:birth_date
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1874-05-29
May 29, 1874
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gptkbp:born_in
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gptkb:London
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gptkbp:born_on
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May 29, 1874
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:Mary_Chesterton
gptkb:Mary_Frances_Chesterton
gptkb:Cecil_Chesterton
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gptkbp:death_date
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1936-06-14
June 14, 1936
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gptkbp:died_on
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June 14, 1936
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gptkbp:famous_quote
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“ There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.”
“ The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.”
“ An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered.”
“ Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.”
“ The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.”
“ The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one’s own country as a foreign land.”
“ The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware.”
“ A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.”
“ There is no such thing as an uninteresting subject, only uninterested people.”
“ The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried.”
“ The greatest poem is not that which is merely written, but that which is written in the heart.”
“ To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.”
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:mystery
gptkb:fantasy
philosophical fiction
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gptkbp:has_influenced
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gptkb:C._S._Lewis
gptkb:G._K._Chesterton_Society
gptkb:J._R._R._Tolkien
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gptkbp:has_written
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gptkb:The_Illustrated_London_News
gptkb:The_Daily_News
gptkb:The_New_Witness
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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G. K. Chesterton
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Dorothy_L._Sayers
gptkb:C._S._Lewis
gptkb:George_Bernard_Shaw
gptkb:J._R._R._Tolkien
gptkb:Inklings
gptkb:Hilaire_Belloc
G. K. Chesterton's writings influenced the Inklings.
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:Thomas_Aquinas
gptkb:Charles_Dickens
gptkb:Edmund_Burke
gptkb:John_Henry_Newman
gptkb:William_Blake
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gptkbp:is_a_member_of
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gptkb:the_Catholic_Church
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gptkbp:is_associated_with
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gptkb:the_Inklings
the literary revival of the early 20th century
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gptkbp:is_known_for
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his essays
his wit
his critique of materialism
his defense of Christianity
his paradoxes
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gptkbp:is_married_to
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Frances Blogg
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gptkbp:is_remembered_for
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his humor
his philosophical insights
his literary style
his social commentary
his exploration of morality
his exploration of politics
his exploration of human nature
his exploration of the absurd
his exploration of the divine
his exploration of art
his exploration of history
his exploration of the mundane
his exploration of culture
his exploration of literature
his exploration of religion
his exploration of society
his advocacy for the common man
his critiques of modernity
his exploration of ethics
his exploration of faith
his exploration of philosophy
his exploration of the extraordinary
his exploration of the familiar
his exploration of the paradoxical
his exploration of the unfamiliar
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gptkbp:known_for
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gptkb:poetry
gptkb:detective_fiction
gptkb:novels
gptkb:humor
gptkb:literary_criticism
Christian apologetics
social criticism
essays
defending Christianity
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:British
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gptkbp:notable_work
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gptkb:The_Club_of_Queer_Trades
gptkb:The_Napoleon_of_Notting_Hill
gptkb:The_Innocence_of_Father_Brown
gptkb:The_Scandal_of_Father_Brown
gptkb:The_Ballad_of_the_White_Horse
gptkb:The_Father_Brown_Stories
gptkb:The_Man_Who_Was_Thursday
gptkb:The_Secret_of_Father_Brown
gptkb:The_Man_Who_Knew_Too_Much
gptkb:The_Wisdom_of_Father_Brown
gptkb:The_Flying_Inn
Orthodoxy
Heretics
The Everlasting Man
Father Brown series
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:Journalist
gptkb:Christian_theology
gptkb:essayist
gptkb:Writer
gptkb:Novelist
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gptkbp:place_of_birth
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gptkb:London
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gptkbp:place_of_death
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gptkb:Beaconsfield
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gptkbp:religion
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gptkb:Christianity
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gptkbp:spouse
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Frances Blogg
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gptkbp:translated_into
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multiple languages
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gptkbp:was_influenced_by
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gptkb:Thomas_Aquinas
gptkb:Charles_Dickens
gptkb:William_Blake
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gptkbp:wrote
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gptkb:The_Club_of_Queer_Trades
gptkb:The_Book_of_Job
gptkb:The_Napoleon_of_Notting_Hill
gptkb:The_Innocence_of_Father_Brown
gptkb:The_Scandal_of_Father_Brown
gptkb:The_Complete_Father_Brown
gptkb:The_Ballad_of_the_White_Horse
gptkb:The_Collected_Works_of_G._K._Chesterton
gptkb:The_Father_Brown_Stories
gptkb:The_Man_Who_Knew_Too_Much:_The_Original_Stories
gptkb:The_Man_Who_Was_Thursday:_A_Nightmare
gptkb:The_Outline_of_Sanity
gptkb:The_Well_and_the_Shallows
gptkb:The_Thing
gptkb:The_Man_Who_Was_Thursday
gptkb:The_Secret_of_Father_Brown
gptkb:The_Man_Who_Knew_Too_Much
gptkb:The_New_Jerusalem
gptkb:The_Poet_and_the_Lunatics
gptkb:The_Wisdom_of_Father_Brown
gptkb:The_Spirit_of_Christmas
gptkb:The_Ball_and_the_Cross
gptkb:The_Complete_Father_Brown_Stories
gptkb:The_Case_of_Mr._Croker
gptkb:The_Case_of_the_Man_Who_Knew_Too_Much
gptkb:The_Case_of_the_Man_Who_Was_Not_There
gptkb:The_Case_of_the_Man_Who_Was_Thursday
gptkb:The_Case_of_the_Man_Who_Was_Too_Clever_for_His_Age
gptkb:The_Case_of_the_Man_Who_Was_Too_Clever_for_His_Day
gptkb:The_Case_of_the_Man_Who_Was_Too_Clever_for_His_Own_Good
gptkb:The_Case_of_the_Man_Who_Was_Too_Clever_for_His_Time
gptkb:The_Case_of_the_Man_Who_Was_Too_Clever_for_the_World
gptkb:The_Case_of_the_Man_Who_Was_Too_Generous
gptkb:The_Case_of_the_Man_Who_Was_Too_Good
gptkb:The_Case_of_the_Man_Who_Was_Too_Honest
gptkb:The_Case_of_the_Man_Who_Was_Too_Kind
gptkb:The_Case_of_the_Man_Who_Was_Too_Polite
gptkb:The_Paradoxes_of_Mr._Pond
gptkb:The_Short_Stories_of_G._K._Chesterton
gptkb:The_Flying_Inn
gptkb:Tremendous_Trifles
Orthodoxy
Heretics
The Return of Don Quixote
The Everlasting Man
A Short History of England
The Victorian Age in Literature
The Uses of Diversity
The Case of the Man Who Was Too Clever for His Generation
The Case of the Blind Man
The Case of the Man Who Was Too Ambitious
The Case of the Man Who Was Too Angry
The Case of the Man Who Was Too Brave
The Case of the Man Who Was Too Clever
The Case of the Man Who Was Too Clever for Others
The Case of the Man Who Was Too Cunning
The Case of the Man Who Was Too Curious
The Case of the Man Who Was Too Eager
The Case of the Man Who Was Too Fearful
The Case of the Man Who Was Too Gentle
The Case of the Man Who Was Too Happy
The Case of the Man Who Was Too Lonely
The Case of the Man Who Was Too Proud
The Case of the Man Who Was Too Sad
The Case of the Man Who Was Too Wise
The Case of the Two Fencers
The Case of the Unseen Man
The Man Who Knew Too Much (short stories)
The Case of the Man Who Was Too Clever for His Kind.
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:The_Bulpington_of_Blup
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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3
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