At our September meeting we will begin our Autumnal reading of The Four Faultless Felons. This book can be purchased from the Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton and is available from a variety of internet sources, both new and used.
We’ll be discussing this book throughout the fall months. In September we will discuss the sections “The Prologue of the Pressman” and the six chapters for “The Moderate Murderer”. Reading the selections ahead of the meeting is warmly recommended.
Please note: Recently, astute group member Grettelyn Darkey, pointed out that there were a large number of "spoilers" in the introduction of the particular edition of 4FF that she had purchased. I pass this information along to serve as an ALERT. You do not need to read the introduction... in fact, if you have the edition with a lengthy introduction by Martin Gardener, I would strongly recommend against reading the introduction! If you would like a warmup before jumping onto the stories, this short overview from Dale Ahlquist is a nice alternative, and it offers insights... certainly not anything that would spoil the reading of Chesterton. Otherwise, skip the intro and dive right into Chesterton's Prologue of the Pressman.
Speaking of Chesterton's Detective fiction, the last weekend in September marks the annual Chesterton Conference in Rochester, NY hosted by the Rochester Chesterton Society. This is a one day conference held this year on Saturday, September 29 on the campus of St. John Fischer College. The speaker line up looks excellent, as usual. Email me for more information, or if you are interested in ride-sharing. This year the the especially fun sounding theme is:
whodunnit?
GK Chesterton and the origins of detective fiction
ROCHESTER NY CHESTERTON SOCIETY
16TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
SPEAKERS: ~Joseph Pearce, Author~Dale Ahlquist, Society of GK Chesterton~
~Kevin O’Brien, Theatre of the Word, Inc. ~The Flying Inn Players, Reader’s
Theatre at its finest~
Saturday, September 28th, 2019
As usual our WPACS meeting will be held in the Village of Middle Lancaster, at the Lancaster Township Community Center located on Kings Alley and Community Center Drive, in Butler County PA. Kings Ally is a right turn off of Rt. 19N, approx. 4.5 miles north of Zelienople, just past the Zion Lutheran Church. (The Community Center is a former one room school house, adjacent to the ball fields at Bauder Park.)
The doors will open at 7:00 pm for our usual potluck of refreshments, with the discussion beginning at 7:30. The meeting will wrap up sometime around 9:30 pm.
Any questions or comments, please feel free to email me at wpachesterton@gmail.com
