Wit and Wisdom of Chesterton

This little volume, issued as a gift book for lovers of Mr. Chesterton's writings in 1911, is made up from essays to be found in "The Defandant", "Varied Types" and "Tremendous Trifles". These 12 pieces were chosen to giving a peek into the margins of Chesterton's work and give a sense of the distinctive flavor of his mind. They were also chosen with an eye to showing what a complex and fascinating character he was. (Summary by Phil Chenevert) (2 hr 10 min)

Chapters

A Defense of Nonsense	11:35	Read by TriciaG
A Defense of Useful Information	12:22	Read by John Trevithick
A Defense of Rash Vows	12:46	Read by John Trevithick
A Defense of Farce	11:41	Read by NoelBadrian
A Defense of Baby Worship	8:24	Read by Rhonda Federman
A Defense of Slang	9:10	Read by John Trevithick
A Defense of Humility	11:21	Read by Tiffany Halla Colonna
A Defense of Penny Dreadfuls	13:13	Read by Jessica Louise
Maeterlink	9:52	Read by Martin Geeson
On Lying In Bed	11:16	Read by Martin Geeson
The Little Birds Who Won't Sing	9:02	Read by Tiffany Halla Colonna
A Tragedy of Twopence	9:55	Read by Carol Box

Reviews

Strangely, not sharp or witty.

(2 stars)

Timothy Ferguson

This is a collection of essays by a Victorian humourist. I found they didn’t quite hit the mark for me, and would be difficult to recommend. The recording is good...perhaps I'm not suited to the material?

I just want to point out to the mental midget who accused Cheste

(5 stars)

GKCHESTERTON

Mr Geeson's enjoyable ironic tone is a bit at odds with Chester

(4 stars)

A LibriVox Listener

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