An illustrated, interactive library of G. K. Chesterton: free Project Gutenberg editions, a focused reading room, contextual dictionary, passage guide, quotation treasury, thematic atlas, and intellectual timeline.
Serve the directory with any static server, for example:
python3 -m http.server 8080Then open http://localhost:8080.
The catalogue and dictionary use public APIs at runtime. The original curated bibliography remains available as a graceful catalogue fallback if the Gutenberg API is unavailable.
- Ebook metadata and reading texts: Project Gutenberg
- Portraits: public-domain files from Wikimedia Commons
- Definitions: Free Dictionary API
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