Meaning & use
G. K. Chesterton
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UK/ˌdʒiː keɪ ˈtʃestətən/
US/ˌdʒiː keɪ ˈtʃestərtən/
Meaning
proper nounproper
An English author and thinker (1874-1936) famous for his essays, novels, poems, and the Father Brown detective stories.
Grammar: A name; used without an article: Chesterton wrote Father Brown stories.
G. K. Chesterton wrote more than eighty books.
We read a Chesterton essay in literature class.
Chesterton is known for his clever paradoxes.
Common combinations
- Chesterton essay
- A Chesterton essay can be funny and serious at once.
- Chesterton's Father Brown
- Chesterton's Father Brown solves crimes through insight.
- read Chesterton
- Many people first read Chesterton at school.
- Chesterton fence
- The idea of a Chesterton fence warns against removing rules too quickly.
Word family
- Chestertonian adjective
- in the style of Chesterton, using witty paradox
- Father Brown proper noun
- Chesterton's priest-detective
- Orthodoxy proper noun
- Chesterton's 1908 book defending Christian belief
Commonly confused: G. K. Chesterton or Chesterfield?
G. K. Chesterton vs Chesterfield
Chesterfield is a town and a type of sofa, not related to the writer.
Practice
G. K. Chesterton is best known for creating which fictional detective?
Choose one answer.
Chesterton created Father Brown. Poirot and Miss Marple are by Agatha Christie, and Holmes is by Arthur Conan Doyle.
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