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Frances Alice Blogg Chesterton (28 June 1869 – 12 December 1938) was an English author of verse, songs and school drama. She was the wife of G. K. Chesterton and had a large role in his career as amanuensis and personal manager.
Frances Alice Blogg Chesterton (1869-1938) was Gilbert’s wife for thirty-five wonderful years. She spent most of her life in the shadow of her larger than life husband, Gilbert Keith Chesterton. She chose to keep quietly in the background, letting her husband and others take center stage.
15 de abr. de 2016 · Francis Alice Blogg Chesterton. Drawing by Alfred Priest, ca. 1906. Click image to enlarge. Frances Alice Blogg was a shy Victorian girl, the eldest in her family. She was born June 28, 1869 and raised in London, a city girl who discovered she loved gardening and country living.
Nessa mesma época conheceu Frances Blogg, sua futura esposa. Ele, idealista e distraído; ela, prática e de fortes convicções religiosas, anglicana praticante. Enquanto Frances era ordenada, metódica, comedida e pontual, o marido era o típico gênio distraído, pródigo, desleixado com a aparência pessoal e sem ter idéia do tempo.
Em um famoso bairro de intelectuais – Bedford Park -, em 1896, Chesterton enamora-se de Frances Blogg, a mulher que pouco depois se tornaria sua esposa e que estimulou admiravelmente o caudal artístico do marido.
Learn about the wedding of G. K. Chesterton and Frances Blogg in 1901, and his rise to fame as a writer. Read about his books, his defense of the common man, his fascination with the grotesque, and his criticism of Robert Browning.
No ano seguinte, casou-se com Frances Blogg, a quem ainda dedicava poemas de amor aos sessenta anos, e lançou o seu primeiro livro, a coletânea de artigos The Defendant; a partir daí, passaria a publicar regularmente um ou dois livros por ano.
