Truth must of necessity be stranger than fiction...For fiction is the creation of the human mind, and therefore is congenial to it.

G.K. Chesterton

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Nature of truth Truth vs. fiction Truth

Speaker

Basil Grant

Author

G.K. Chesterton

Source

The Singular Speculation of the House-Agent The Club of Queer Trades

Medium

Short story

Language

English

Time

1905 1900s 20th century

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Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Chesterton, G.K. "The Club of Queer Trades." The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton. Vol. 6, Ignatius Press, 1991. Originally published by Harper & Brothers, 1905.

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