Tremendous Trifles - G K Chesterton

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Résumé :
Chesterton's 39 essays result from sitting still and letting marvels and adventures settle on him like flies. Full of both good sense and nonsense, his commentaries on finding the extraordinary within the ordinary are delightful.

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Sommaire:
1. Tremendous Trifles 2. A Piece of Chalk 3. The Secret of a Train 4. The Perfect Game 5. The Extraordinary Cabman 6. An Accident 7. The Advantages of Having One Leg 8. The End of the World 9. In the Place de la Bastille 10. On Lying in Bed 11. The Twelve Men 12. The Wind and the Trees 13. The Dickensian 14. In Topsy-Turvy Land 15. What I Found in My Pocket 16. The Dragon's Grandmother 17. The Red Angel 18. The Tower 19. How I Met the President 20. The Giant 21. A Great Man 22. The Orthodox Barber 23. The Toy Theatre 24. A Tragedy of Twopence 25. A Cab Ride Across Country 26. The Two Noises 27. Some Policemen and a Moral 28. The Lion 29. Humanity: an Interlude 30. The Little Birds Who Won't Sing 31. The Riddle of the Ivy 32. The Travellers in State 33. The Prehistoric Railway Station 34. The Diabolist 35. A Glimpse of My Country 36. A Somewhat Improbable Story 37. The Shop of Ghosts 38. The Ballade of a Strange Town 39. The Mystery of a Pageant