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G. K. Chesterton
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Noun1.G. K. Chesterton - conservative English writer of the Roman Catholic persuasionG. K. Chesterton - conservative English writer of the Roman Catholic persuasion; in addition to volumes of criticism and polemics he wrote detective novels featuring Father Brown (1874-1936)


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Goaded by a mix of family loyalty and disgust at plutocratic sharp practice, Gilbert Chesterton lost his sense of proportion and treated this smelly little saga of political crookery as though it were one of the turning points in English history.
Meanwhile, the British socialist movement -- `the crucible of conscience' -- was attracting some of the best and brightest of the age: Sidney and Beatrice Webb, George Bernard Shaw, Thomas Hughes, Cecil and Gilbert Chesterton, and Hilaire Belloc.
 
 
 
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