The Everlasting Man by Gilbert K. Chesterton Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Everlasting Man
Book Review: Excellent book (thus far), but did anybody proofread this edition??
Summary: 4 Stars
Admittedly I haven't advanced very far in the book yet, but I'm really enjoying it thus far. However, this book has typos and misspelled words all over the place! I've had to double-take many times because the book says "bad" instead of "had", and other easy-to-catch mistakes such as these. I've even run into one instance with a question mark in the middle of a word! At first I assumed it was possible Chesterton missed a word or two as he wrote the book, but question marks in the middle of a word? It's looking as though this edition was rushed and not proofread thoroughly. Too bad - it's the only knock I have on an otherwise fascinating book. I'm curious to see if other editions have these same errors. Don't let my nitpicking stop you from reading this book. You just might want to check out another edition from a different publisher if possible.Book Review: Excellent book, intolerable edition
Summary: 3 Stars
The book itself is an excellent piece of literature; it is an insightful examination of civilization, religion, and philosophy. In my opinion, it is absolutely essential reading for any Christian studying comparative religion.
Unfortunately, it is literally the most poorly edited book I have ever read. It appears that an old edition of the book was scanned into a computer, run through some OCR program, and then published, without ever having been proofread. I cannot imagine why someone would publish such a terrible piece of work; I cannot imagine why Amazon would sell it. In the two-paragraph preface, there are three obvious mistakes, one of which renders unintelligible the last sentence. I wish that this were an unfair sample, but the rest of the book continues the tradition of having two or three mistakes on every page, at the very least.
Chesterton's words are, as usual, fantastic, but the absurdly shoddy editing makes it as hard to concentrate on them as would a mosquito buzzing in one's ear. Most people will find a few extra dollars for a halfway-decent edition to be fully justified.
Book Review: Excruciating Editing
Summary: 5 Stars
G.K. Chesterton's The Everlasting Man is a book to have and to hold, to keep nearby, and after having read and studied the book several times, to look into frequently in order to be reminded of the fountains of ideas that flow over and through the pages. The problem with the edition offered here by Amazon is editorial: letters misplaced, paragraphs distorted. Amazon should find the way to offer the Ignatius Edition, which has been edited correctly, and even has footnotes. The Everlasting Man is no doubt Chesterton's masterpiece, a classic work, in fine English prose, filled with light and delight. Reading Chesterton is to find that there are always new, exciting ways to discuss even the most ancient subjects. As I told my professor cousin, G.K. Chesterton has more ideas per page than any other writer I have read, from Plato to D.H. Lawrence...Book Review: GREAT BOOK -- HORRIBLE PUBLISHER
Summary: 1 Stars
It is not possible to read this book because of many, many typographical errors and punctuation problems. READ THIS BOOK -- but get it somewhere else in a legible font with the actual words of the author. Amazon should not allow sales of this edition.Book Review: Great Book, Lousy Edition
Summary: 1 Stars
Chesterton's Everlasting Man is my favorite book. Its writing and argument are superb. Read Surprised By Joy, and you will learn how Everlasting Man was the crucial intellectual piece bringing C.S. Lewis back to Christianity. If you are a fan of C.S. Lewis's apologetics, read Chesterton and "go up higher and in!"
I can read virtually any passage aloud at random and be delighted.
Chesterton's masterpiece is "five stars plus;" this edition is a problem. Extremely inexpensive, it suffers from lack of editing. I suspect it was scanned without a fastidious proofreading. While the publisher's goals are praiseworthy (to make an edition so inexpensive, more Evangelicals would read it), the errors mar the work and reduce the reader's confidence in the text.
Ignatius has a nice edition that is not much more expensive.
Does anyone know of an edition with a good index? Is there an edition of Surprised by Joy with an index?