Tremendous Trifles

This amusing collection of essays by G.K. Chesterton succinctly captures the mood of his time, with incisive commentary on matters ranging from spirituality to history to society at large.

Tremendous Trifles is among the several volumes of essays published in Chesterton's lifetime which gave rise to his popular appeal and reputation in literary circles. Over the course of several decades he would grow to become a colossal figure - figuratively and literally - in the English writing community. 

Today, Chesterton's essays and thoughts are mainly praised for their well-reasoned commentary on spiritual matters of religion and Christianity. The author himself was deeply religious, and underwent conversion to Catholicism in 1922. Uniquely, Chesterton was able to combine his beliefs with good humour, often criticising the nature of modern society and philosophising about the nature of mankind while he did so. 

For modern audiences, Chesterton is characterised by his easily digestible style, ready use and exposure of paradox, and his use of wit and humour to advance argument, Chesterton's fiction and non-fiction writings on the topics of human behaviour and wider society remain relevant and poignant to this day.