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All Things Considered

G. K. Chesterton

The opening portion of the collection sets the stage for Chesterton’s candid reflections on literature and modernity.

"All Things Considered" by G. K. Chesterton is a collection of essays. The opening portion of the collection sets the stage for Chesterton’s candid reflections on literature and modernity.

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I cannot understand the people who take literature seriously; but I can love them, and I do. Out of my love I warn them to keep clear of this book. It is a collection of crude and shapeless papers upon current or rather flying subjects; and they must be published pretty much as they stand. They were written, as a rule, at the last moment; they were handed in the moment before it was too late, and I do not think that our commonwealth would have been shaken to its foundations if they had been handed in the moment after. They must go out now, with all their imperfections on their head, or rather on mine; for their vices are too vital to be improved with a blue pencil, or with anything I can think of, except dynamite.

Contents

  1. 01The Case for the Ephemeral
  2. 02Cockneys and Their Jokes
  3. 03The Fallacy of Success
  4. 04On Running After One’s Hat
  5. 05The Vote and the House
  6. 06Conceit and Caricature
  7. 07Patriotism and Sport
  8. 08An Essay on Two Cities
  9. 09French and English
  10. 10The Zola Controversy
  11. 11Oxford from Without
  12. 12Woman
  13. 13The Modern Martyr
  14. 14On Political Secrecy
  15. 15Edward VII. And Scotland
  16. 16Thoughts Around Koepenick
  17. 17The Boy
  18. 18Limericks and Counsels of Perfection
  19. 19Anonymity and Further Counsels
  20. 20On the Cryptic and the Elliptic
  21. 21The Worship of the Wealthy
  22. 22Science and Religion
  23. 23The Methuselahite
  24. 24Spiritualism
  25. 25The Error of Impartiality
  26. 26Phonetic Spelling
  27. 27Humanitarianism and Strength
  28. 28Wine When It Is Red
  29. 29Demagogues and Mystagogues
  30. 30The “Eatanswill Gazette”
  31. 31Fairy Tales
  32. 32Tom Jones and Morality
  33. 33The Maid of Orleans
  34. 34A Dead Poet
  35. 35Christmas

About this edition

Author
G. K. Chesterton
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Intermediate: some philosophy helps
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
166 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers