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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 is a society consisting exclusively of people who have invented some new and curious way of making money. I was one of the earliest members.” “You deserve to be,” said Basil, taking up his great white hat, with a smile, and speaking for the last time that evening.
In The Club of Queer Trades, Chesterton takes to the familiar Holmes and Watson-ish format to tell his own tales, following the adventures of detective Rupert Grant and Swinburne, the narrator of these tales, who is often dragged into Rupert's adventures.
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1 de abr. de 1999 · The Club of Queer Trades by G. K. Chesterton. Read now or download (free!) Similar Books. Readers also downloaded… About this eBook. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
29 de sept. 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").
9 de oct. 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 ...
