Tremendous Trifles

About this book

In this collection of essays and sketches, G. K. Chesterton argues that the smallest things contain the largest meanings, if we stop to look. A penny dreadful, a suburban fence, a painted shop sign, or a patch of grass can open onto metaphysics, democracy, fairy tale, and faith. Written with exuberant humor and sudden seriousness, Tremendous Trifles is less a plot-driven book than a companion for curious walks through the world. Chesterton's gift is to make the familiar strange and the strange familiar, inviting readers to recover astonishment at what we pass every day without noticing.