Chesterton

[ ches-ter-tuh n ]

/ ˈtʃɛs tər tən /

G(ilbert) K(eith),1874–1936, English essayist, critic, and novelist.

Example sentences from the Web for chesterton

It means Paine, Thoreau, Emerson, Chesterton, Mencken, Orwell.

The Incredibly Stupid War on the Common Core |Charles Upton Sahm |April 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A little gospel here, a little Chesterton there, a little waistcoat here.

Mumford and Sons: The Pinterest of Folk Music |Justin Green |October 1, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
I found her, as Shaw found Chesterton, “to sometimes be at his best when you disagreed with him.”

The Only Critic That Mattered |Allen Barra |November 2, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
But Chesterton's taste for bigness has come to his service in criticism.

G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study |Julius West

It is dangerous to wander in fairyland, as Chesterton has himself demonstrated, "one might meet a fairy."

G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study |Julius West
If you don't accept that you are damned; the Chesterton guillotine has clicked on you.

Books and Persons |Arnold Bennett
Then we came to realize, as never before, the value of such men as Chesterton.

G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study |Julius West
Chesterton seems extraordinarily shy with his feminine characters.

G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study |Julius West

Chesterton

/ (ˈtʃɛstətən) /

G (ilbert) K (eith). 1874–1936, English essayist, novelist, poet, and critic