Tremendous Trifles

Tremendous Trifles is a collection of essays written by the renowned British author, G.K. Chesterton. The book is a compilation of 39 short essays, each discussing a seemingly ordinary topic or object, but with a profound and thought-provoking twist. Chesterton's writing style is witty, humorous, and often paradoxical, making the reader ponder on the deeper meanings of everyday things. The essays cover a wide range of subjects, from fairy tales and ghosts to umbrellas and cheese. Chesterton's unique perspective on life and his ability to find beauty in the mundane are evident in this book. The essays are easy to read and can be enjoyed by people of all ages. Tremendous Trifles is a delightful book that will leave the reader with a renewed appreciation for the small things in life.So it was, certainly, with the Bastille. The destruction of the Bastille was not a reform; it was something more important than a reform. It was an iconoclasm; it was the breaking of a stone image. The people saw the building like a giant looking at them with a score of eyes, and they struck at it as at a carved fact. For of all the shapes in which that immense illusion called materialism can terrify the soul, perhaps the most oppressive are big buildings. Man feels like a fly, an accident, in the thing he has himself made. It requires a violent effort of the spirit to remember that man made this confounding thing and man could unmake it.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936), better known as G. K. Chesterton, was an English writer, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, lay theologian, biographer and literary and art critic. Chesterton is often referred to as the "prince of paradox." Time magazine has observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories-first carefully turning them inside out."