G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton Audiobooks

G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

1874–1936

Best known for the Father Brown mysteries and for essays full of wit and surprise, this English writer brought big ideas to life in a lively, playful voice. His work ranges from detective fiction and literary criticism to Christian apologetics, and it still feels fresh because of the way it turns ordinary things upside down.

About the author

Born in London on May 29, 1874, Gilbert Keith Chesterton became one of the most recognizable English writers of the early 20th century. He wrote essays, poems, novels, criticism, journalism, and religious works, and he was admired for a style built on humor, paradox, and clear, energetic argument.

Chesterton wrote enormously across many forms, but many readers first meet him through the Father Brown stories, featuring the quiet priest-detective he created. He is also well known for books such as Orthodoxy, The Everlasting Man, and The Man Who Was Thursday, which show how comfortably he could move between fiction, debate, and spiritual reflection.

What keeps his writing alive is its mix of intelligence and delight. He defended tradition, argued fiercely in public, and had a gift for making familiar ideas seem startlingly new. Chesterton died on June 14, 1936, in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, but his essays and stories continue to attract readers who enjoy thought that is both serious and entertaining.

G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

65 Audiobooks

The wisdom of Father Brown

Orthodoxy

The Everlasting Man

The New Jerusalem

The Ballad of the White Horse

The Defendant

The Napoleon of Notting Hill

The Club of Queer Trades

The Barbarism of Berlin

A Miscellany of Men

What I Saw in America

The Ball and the Cross

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays

Varied Types

Manalive

The Wild Knight and Other Poems

The secret of Father Brown

Isä Brownin yksinkertaisuus : Salapoliisikertomuksia

The Victorian Age in Literature

Orthodoxy

Tremendous Trifles

The Trees of Pride

Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens

William Blake

The innocence of Father Brown

Robert Browning

The Crimes of England

Tales of the Long Bow

What's Wrong with the World

Tennyson

Thackeray

Lord Kitchener

Charles Dickens

G. F. Watts

Isä Brownin viisaus : Salapoliisikertomuksia

The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare

Alarms and Discursions

Charles Dickens: A critical study

Heretics

All Things Considered

The Superstition of Divorce

Thomas Carlyle

Eugenics and Other Evils

Leo Tolstoy

Fancies Versus Fads

The Flying Inn

George Bernard Shaw

O Napoleão de Notting Hill

Irish Impressions

A Short History of England

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Gilbert K. Chesterton

St. Francis of Assisi

Divorce versus Democracy

Twelve Types

The Appetite of Tyranny: Including Letters to an Old Garibaldian

Magic A Fantastic Comedy

Greybeards at Play: Literature and Art for Old Gentlemen

The Uses of Diversity: A book of essays

Poems

The Ballad of St. Barbara, and Other Verses

London

Wine, Water, and Song

A Chesterton Calendar Compiled from the writings of 'G.K.C.' both in verse and in prose. With a section apart for the moveable feasts.

The Catholic Church and conversion

About the author