/lit/ - Literature

Can I get a qrd on gk chesterton? I just got to him on my reading list and I cant remember what books of his im meant to read or why im i should read him. from what i can find online, he was a contrarian catholic, which doesnt sound to appealing desu

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Hrummphs in your path

Why isn't he considered one of the greats /lit/?

>He wrote a hundred books, contributed to 200 more, hundreds of poems, including the epic Ballad of the White Horse, five plays, five novels, and some two hundred short stories, over 4,000 newspaper essays, including 30 years worth of weekly columns for the Illustrated London News, and 13 years of weekly columns for the Daily News - all of which were witty and thought provoking.
>Wrote The Napoleon of Notting Hill, which inspired Michael Collins to lead a movement for Irish Independence
>His essay in the Illustrated London News helped inspire Gandhi to lead a movement to end British colonial rule

He's one of my favorite writers, I agree he can be overrated on the internet - but to the general population he is obscure and unknown. Do you think it's deserved?

Also
>general Chesterton thread