
While we strive to fix printer’s errors, many words found in ourīooks may have archaic spelling.If you think we might need to communicate with Has page numbers, please include the page number otherwise please includeĪ significant text string to help us to locate the error. If the contents of theīook, please be as precise as you can as to the location. Please be clear in your message, if you are referring to the informationįound on this web page or the contents of the book. mobi file on your mobile device, please use. Three of his best-known non-fiction works are The Servile State (1912) in which he criticized the modern economic order and parliamentary system, advocating distributism in opposition to both capitalism and socialism Europe and Faith (1920) and The Jews (1922), a controversial book in which he prophesied the attitudes and impact of Nazi Germany on the Jews. Supposedly for children, they, like Lewis Carroll's works, are more to adult and satirical tastes.

His Cautionary Tales for Children humorous poems with an implausible moral, are the most widely known of his writings. Belloc was closely associated with Chesterton, and Shaw coined the term Chesterbelloc for their partnership. Chesterton, all of whom debated with each other into the 1930s.

He has been called one of the Big Four of Edwardian Letters, along with H.G.Wells, George Bernard Shaw, and G. The prolific author of more than 150 books, Belloc wrote on a myriad of subjects, from warfare to poetry to the many current topics of his day. Belloc became a naturalized British subject in 1902 while retaining his French citizenship. He was a noted disputant, with a number of long-running feuds.

He was President of the Oxford Union and later MP for Salford from 1906 to 1910. His Catholic faith had a strong impact on his works. Belloc was also an orator, poet, sailor, satirist, writer of letters, soldier, and political activist. Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc was a British-French writer and historian and one of the most prolific writers in England during the early twentieth century.
