Name: The Everlasting Man (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)
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Author: Gilbert Chesterton

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The Everlasting Man (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)

Type

Physical Book

Author

G. K. Chesterton

Gilbert Chesterton

Publisher

Royal Classics

Language

English

Pages

232

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

22.9x15.2x1.8 cm

Weight

0.51 kg.

ISBN13

9781774769713

Synopsis "The Everlasting Man (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)"

The Everlasting Man is to some extent, a deliberate rebuttal of H. G. Wells' The Outline of History, disputing Wells' portrayals of human life and civilization as a seamless development from animal life and of Jesus Christ as merely another charismatic figure. Chesterton detailed his own spiritual journey in Orthodoxy, but in this book, he tries to illustrate the spiritual journey of humanity, or at least of Western civilization. The author Ross Douthat credits that, "Chesterton's somewhat loosey-goosey outline of history doubles as the best modern argument for Christianity I've ever read. You have to give in to the Chestertonian style, but if you do, be careful - you might just be converted." The book also has a huge influence on C. S. Lewis, who called the book "the best popular apologetic [he] know[s]," and "the [very] best popular defense of the full Christian position I know is G. K. Chesterton's The Everlasting Man." This case laminate collector's edition includes a Victorian-inspired dust jacket.

G. K. Chesterton

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G. K. Chesterton (London, May 29, 1874 – Beaconsfield, June 14, 1936) was a prolific British writer, author of essays, novels, poetry, biographies, and Christian apologetics. His work is characterized by irony, paradoxical wit, and a critical view of modernity. He was a prominent convert to Catholicism and an influential figure in religious and literary thought of his time. He is also known for his brilliant argumentative style and his defense of common sense.

Among his most recognized works are The Man Who Was Thursday (1908), Orthodoxy (1908), The Innocence of Father Brown (1911), Heretics (1905), The Ball and the Cross (1909), and The Resurrection of Rome (1930). He cultivated the essay, the novel of ideas, detective stories, and social and religious criticism.

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Gilbert Chesterton

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G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) fue un prolífico escritor, periodista y pensador británico, conocido por su ingenio, paradojas y defensa de la fe cristiana, especialmente tras convertirse al catolicismo en 1922; fue un maestro en géneros como el ensayo, la poesía y la novela, creando al famoso detective Padre Brown, y dejando una vasta obra que incluía crítica, biografía y reflexiones filosóficas, convirtiéndose en una figura influyente de la literatura anglosajona

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