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Tremendous Trifles

G. K. Chesterton

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Tremendous Trifles | G. K. Chesterton
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“None of us think enough of these things on which the eye rests. But don’t let us let the eye rest. Why should the eye be so lazy? Let us exercise the eye until it learns to see startling facts that run across the landscape as plain as a painted fence. Let us be ocular athletes. Let us learn to write essays on a stray cat or a coloured cloud. I have attempted some such thing in what follows; but anyone else may do it better, if anyone else will only try. ”

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Southern Falstaff, if one can imagine Falstaff anything but English. And, indeed, there was a vital difference, typical of two nations. For while Falstaff would have been shaking with hilarity like a huge jelly, full of the broad farce of the London streets, this Frenchman was rather solemn and dignified than otherwise—as if pleasure were a kind of pagan religion. After some talk which was full of the admirable civility and equality of French civilisation, he suggested without either eagerness or embarrassment that he should take me in his fly for an hour's ride in the hills beyond the town. And though it was growing late I consented; for there was one long white road under an archway and round a hill that dragged me like a long white cord. We drove through the strong, squat gateway that was made by Romans, and I remember the coincidence like a sort of omen that as we passed out of the city I heard simultaneously the three sounds which are the trinity of France. The. . . Read More

Community Reviews

4.00
- Jesse - Dec 01, 2023

Good Chesterton articles

Standard Chesterton fun. Some really great articles and stories in this collection. His view of the world is refreshing. He makes you see things in a new way.

4.00
- Phil - May 25, 2021

I read Chesterton because I get great smileage when I do. That is, smiles per hour.

3.00
- Alex - Jan 02, 2021

Some classic GKC to start off 2021 and make me nostalgic for the halcyon days of SFU’s G.K.Chesterton club. No one writes as effortlessly, whimsically, and wisely as Chesterton. I haven’t read him at length for ages but my admiration of him persists. As with any collection of articles, there are hit

4.00
- Nandakishore - Oct 12, 2017

One thing I like about our public library is the presence of old books - I mean, really ancient books. The current tome from G. K. Chesterton is from 1910. I mean, the book is from before the Soviet Union and the two World Wars - and when it was published, many of today's nations didn't exist! It wa

5.00
- Jesse - Mar 26, 2011

This is simply essential reading for any fan of Chesterton. It's vintage. A collection of essays on all sorts of topics: lying in bed, forgetting white chalk, being expelled from a Hansom Cab against his will, Picking his own pockets, robbing a French restauranteur, and all sorts of typical Chestert

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