gilbert chesterton
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Gilbert Keith Chesterton
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Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born on the 29th of May in 1874. He was an English writer. Gilbert wrote philosophical novels, poems, plays, fantasy and detective fiction.
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Gilbert was born in Campden Hill in Kensington. He was educated at St Paul's School. In 1896 Chesterton began working for the London publisher “Redway”. At first he worked as a literary critic. In 1901 he married Frances Blogg.
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Chesterton wrote around 80 books, several hundred poems, some 200 short stories, 4000 essays, and several plays. He was a literary and social critic, historian, playwriter, novelist, and mystery writer.
His most famous book are “Lepanto”, “The wild Knight”, “The Ballad of St. Barbara”.
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Chesterton died of congestive heart failure in the morning of the 14th of June 1936.
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Chesterton died of congestive heart failure in the morning of the 14th of June 1936.