I came to know about this humorous writer while listening to Father Bishop Barron on one of his equally enigmatic Youtube videos.
"What can one be but frivolous about serious things? Without frivolity they are simply too tremendous."
Chesterton was an English poet, writer, essayist , novelist, theologian and philosopher. He wrote many novels, newspaper columns and created the fictional priest-detective Father Brown.
He was later eulogised by Pope Pius XI as “a gifted defender of the faith,” and there is presently a popular movement to have him canonised.
One of his many appreciative critics has said - "Chesterton is recognized by essayists as the greatest of essayists; by poets as a magnificent poet; by humorists as a humorist of tremendous versatility; by philosophers as a profound philosopher; by controversialists as a deadly but lovable master of controversy; by political economists as a man of deep political insights; by novelists as a most able novelist; and by theologians as one who saw, sometimes, far deeper than they are able to see into theological truths."
The Trees of Pride
The Trees of Pride is a novella by Chesterton which is about the people who intentionally blind themselves to the possibilities of the world around them.
Like most of G.K. Chesterton's stories, The Trees of Pride, is based on devoutly Christian philosophy. He explores the variables of human nature, in particular one’s wonder of the supernatural, and how essential it is to the human soul.
But despite its Christian bones, this novella is wrapped in a glorious pagan wildness and Anglo-Saxon myths from the ancient shores of Cornwall ("the dance of the green summer leaves was repeated beyond in the dance of the green summer sea"). His writing is vivid and lush ("Little clouds curled like feathers"), and that writing sways you into seeing the supernatural everywhere even if it isn't there.
The characters are pretty solid -- they're sombre and serious compared to most of Chesterton's other characters, but Barbara, Ashe, Trevayne and Paynter are fairly likeable characters in their own way. The doctor is an enigma, and Vane is one of those pompous old guys who think they know everything.
Source - G K C society
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