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by: G. K. Chesterton
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 282
EAN: 9780898709988
ISBN: 0898709989
Label: Ignatius Press
Manufacturer: Ignatius Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 665
Publication Date: March 31, 2005
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Sales Rank: 380273
Studio: Ignatius Press
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Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Excellent collection of Chesterton
I must say that I immensely enjoyed these three books by Chesterton. Manalive was my favorite of the three, followed by The Ball and the Cross, then The Flying Inn. I have individually reviewed each of the three, so I won't go into them here (just look up the books individually if you want to read about them). A previous reviewer said that The Flying Inn was the only book in this collection worth reading. I strongly disagree. Manalive and The Ball and the Cross became two of my favorite books ... Read More
Rating:  - hold on a sec
You gotta be careful with Chesterton. When he's at his best, he can't be beat, but he was also responsible for some clunker novels. Even Chesterton's most avid readers have to admit this.
Well, such are the first two novels in this omnibus: forgettable.
The only one of them worth reading -- but it's REALLY worth reading -- is "The Flying Inn" about a future England which has fallen under the spell of a super-virile form of Islam.
However, if you are going to ... Read More
Rating: - An Excellent Group of Novels
These three novels are wonderful and the introduction and notes superb. Highly recommended for anyone who has been waiting a long time to find these rather rare books in a ready format.
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