Fragments of Social Commentary

During his lifetime, G.K. Chesterton wrote more than four thousand essays on social, political, cultural, and religious subjects, which for over a century have continued to appear as quotations throughout the English-speaking world, from popular newspapers to liturgical sermons.

Yet some of these commentaries become particularly interesting in the context of contemporary Ukraine — precisely because they were written by an influential commentator of another time and culture, while also being exceptionally witty. These are the texts collected in this volume.