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The Club of Queer Trades is a collection of stories by G. K. Chesterton first published in 1905. Each story in the collection is centered on a person who is making his living by some novel and extraordinary means. To gain admittance one must have invented a unique means of earning a living and the subsequent trade being the main source of income.
- Gilbert KeithGilbert Keith Chesterton
- Mystery Short Stories
- 1905
- 1905
THE CLUB OF QUEER TRADES. by G. K. Chesterton. Contents. Chapter 1. The Tremendous Adventures of Major Brown. Rabelais, or his wild illustrator Gustave Dore, must have had something to do with the designing of the things called flats in England and America.
1 de abr. de 1999 · The Club of Queer Trades Credits: Produced by Anonomous Project Gutenberg Volunteers, and David Widger Language: English: LoC Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature: Subject: Detective and mystery stories, English Subject: Private investigators -- England -- London -- Fiction Category: Text: EBook-No. 1696: Release ...
29 de set. de 2022 · The Club of Queer Trades is a collection of stories by Gilbert Keith Chesterton first published in 1905. Each story in the collection is centred on a person who is making his living by some novel and extraordinary means (a "queer trade," using the word "queer" in the sense of "peculiar").
3.90. 2,546 ratings291 reviews. The Club of Queer Trades is a collection of stories by G.K. Chesterton first published in 1905. Each story in the collection is centered on a person who is making his living by some novel and extraordinary means (a "queer trade").
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9 de out. de 2008 · The club of queer trades. by. Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936. Publication date. 1905. Publisher. New York and London, Harper & brothers. Collection. americana.
The Club of Queer Trades. This excellent half-parody of the detective story (particularly of the Sherlock Holmes stories) is a good introduction to the whimsical, off-beat style of G. K. Chesterton, one of the most unusual authors of British detective fiction of the late 19th and early 20th century. Chesterton, who was for a time the president ...
