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  • The Remarkable Life & Impact of G. K. Chesterton
  • By: Kevin Belmonte
  • Narrated by: Robertson Dean
  • Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (12 ratings)
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Summary

You may be aware that G. K. Chesterton authored influential Christian biographies and apologetics. But you may not know the larger-than-life Gilbert Keith Chesterton himself - not yet. Equally versed in poetry, novels, literary criticism, and journalism, he addressed politics, culture, and religion with a towering intellect and a soaring wit.

Chesterton engaged his world through the written word. He carried on lively, public discussions with the social commentators of his day, continually challenging them with civility, humility, erudition, and his ever-sharp sense of humor. Today's listener can find the same treasures, for as Chesterton said, "What a man can believe depends upon his philosophy, not upon the clock or the century."

In Kevin Belmonte's fresh new biography, you'll get to know the real G. K. Chesterton and his literary and cultural accomplishments. A giant of his time, Chesterton continues to live large in the imaginations of 21st-century listeners.

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Brilliant and moving

A very thorough and moving examination of Chesterton’s life and writings. It gave me a great desire to read most of his works that I have not experienced already

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