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In 1900 a new writer took England by a storm. Writing intelligently and well ona wide variety of topics G. K. Chesterton defied categorization. Althoughdeeply patriotic he was one of the few to oppose the Boer War. A giftedliterary critic he nevertheless defended penny dreadfuls read by young boysand condemned by almost everyone else. And in an era of unbridled capitalismand fashionable socialism he unleashed telling broadsides against both. In1908 his brother Cecil wrote this biography. That book is now back in print inan enhanced and enlarged Centennial Edition with numerous notes explainingthe context and appendices with both sides of G. K. Chestertons famous 1908debate about socialism with H. G. Wells and Bernard Shaw includingChestertons marvelous On Wells and a Glass of Beer. «
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