Greybeards at Play: Rhymes and Sketches, G. K. Chesterton
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Greybeards at Play: Rhymes and Sketches

Author: G. K. Chesterton

Narrator: Sarah Bacaller

Unabridged: 0 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook

Publisher: Findaway

Published: 07/11/2020

Genre: Poetry - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Synopsis

Greybeards at Play' is a short collection of humorous poetry by celebrated British writer and social commentator, Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936). Published in 1900, it was Chesterton's first publication. These rhymes and sketches spin witty lyrics around themes such as aestheticism, the philosopher's love of nature, and ill-directed altruism, in true Chestertonian style.

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