There is something entirely Gargantuan in the idea of economising space by piling houses on top of each other, front doors and all. And in the chaos and complexity of those perpendicular streets anything may dwell or happen, and it is in one of them, I believe, that the inquirer may find the offices of the Club of Queer Trades.I recently reread this short story collection and really loved the little ways that Chesterton stood things on their heads - as he was famous for doing. He begins at the beginning by doing that very thing as we see above.
G.K. Chesterton, The Club of Queer Trades
Monday, January 13, 2020
Piling houses on top of each other, front doors and all.
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I love Chesterton's non-fiction, but his novels have never appealed to me. I'll give his short stories a try. Thanks for the tip!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I re-discovered you from a link on a blog post of mine in 2006! So good to find you again.
Yay!!! On both counts! :-)
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