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Tremendous Trifles (2007)

by G.K. Chesterton(Favorite Author)

4.27 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1604245433 (ISBN13: 9781604245431)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Book Jungle

review 1: Tremendously written essays on a vast array of trifling subjects. Brilliant and thought-provoking, yet also good humored and charming. Chesterton somehow manages to come across as being inordinately humble and likable, while still giving the impression of being one of the wisest men ever to walk the Earth. Modern intellectuals can't even come close to matching Chesterton's wit, brainpower, and literary sophistication. In comparison, guys like Christopher Hitchens and Dinesh D'Souza seem like the Dark Ages.
review 2: There are a handful of gems among these assorted essays. His discussion of jurors is interesting--despite increasing specialization in society, we still use a handful of ordinary, untrained people to decide something as important as the guilt o... morer innocence of a person on trial. There is also a good essay toward the end about the false optimism of materialism. Other touches include a nod towards The Turn of the Screw, as well as a recounting of how he was thrown out of a cab and "consigning" a newspaper a man handed to him after "to a state of irremedial spiritual ruin." also interesting is his excusal of not working harder in school because he was "discovering that he was not an atheist."After having read quite a bit of Chesterton recently, I am inclined to think that his fiction surpasses the non. less

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