Over a century ago, the jolly British journalist G.K. Chesterton and his best friend published a book that changed the way authors describe human life and permanently established a new literary genre. Maybe that's a little too epic. But it's mostly true. In 1905 E.C. Bentley's book "Biography for Beginners" went to print with short verses accompanied by illustrations from G.K.C. Each poem begins with a person's name. The second line rhymes with the...
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