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The Club of Queer Trades is a collection of mystery 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 (a "queer trade", using the word "queer" in the sense of... Read Full Overview

English author G. K. Chesterton's "The Club of Queer Trades" is a collection of short stories that focuses on a club of eccentric characters who have peculiar trades and the mysteries that surround them.

Improbable plots, marvelously funny episodes, evocative descriptions of late Victorian London distinguish delightful tales focusing on a club devoted to completely original and unusual professions.

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 (a "queer trade", using the word "queer" in the sense of "peculiar")... Read Full Overview

A collection of related short stories by British author G. K. Chesterton. Each story is centered on a person who is making his living by some novel and extraordinary means (a "queer trade"). To gain admittance to the Club, one must have a unique queer trade as principal source... Read Full Overview

Published here with his essay?"A Defence of Detective Stories," this witty and hugely enjoyable work?was?Chesterton's first foray into detective fiction. Set in late Victorian London, The Club of Queer Trades introduces us to would-be private detective Rupert Grant and his brother,... Read Full Overview

With all 32 original illustrations by the authorBritish writers have long enjoyed inventing preposterous clubs with eccentric members, unusual qualifications for membership, and zany rules of behavior; G. K. Chesterton was no exception. Here, six marvelously funny episodes with... Read Full Overview

Contains six crime stories - where no crimes are committed. Accompanied by the gullible narrator of the tales and an excitable private detective, Basil Grant deals with a lethal message written in pansies, a professor's insanity, a country vicar's predicament and other puzzling... Read Full Overview

With all 32 original illustrations by the authorBritish writers have long enjoyed inventing preposterous clubs with eccentric members, unusual qualifications for membership, and zany rules of behavior; G. K. Chesterton was no exception. Here, six marvelously funny episodes with... Read Full Overview

The Club of Queer Trades is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition . Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we... Read Full Overview

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 (a "queer trade", using the word "queer" in the sense of "strange")... Read Full Overview

With all 32 original illustrations by the authorBritish writers have long enjoyed inventing preposterous clubs with eccentric members, unusual qualifications for membership, and zany rules of behavior; G. K. Chesterton was no exception. Here, six marvelously funny episodes with... Read Full Overview

The Club of Queer Trades

The Club of Queer Trades

by G. K. Chesterton

A Collection of Short Stories

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... Read Full Overview

Characters Stories 1.The Tremendous Adventures of Major Brown 2.The Painful Fall of a Great Reputation 3.The Awful Reason of the Vicar's Visit 4.The Singular Speculation of the House-Agent 5.The Noticeable Conduct of Professor Chadd 6.The Eccentric Seclusion of the Old Lady The... Read Full Overview

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 (a "queer trade", using the word "queer" in the sense of "peculiar")... Read Full Overview

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 (a "queer trade", using the word "queer" in the sense of "peculiar")... Read Full Overview

Each story in the collection is centered 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"). To gain admittance one must have invented a unique means of earning a living and the subsequent... Read Full Overview

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