The Wisdom of Father Brown
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (908 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1447467612 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 - 14 June 1936) was one of the most influential English writers of the 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy and detective fiction.
Kind little Father Brown EA Solinas Most book detectives are either professional, or they don't have jobs and do detective work in their spare time. G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown is a little different -- a kindly, sweet little priest.In Chesterton's second Father Brown book, "The Wisdom of Father Brown," we get a series of bizarre, sometimes dangerous mysteries that Father Brown must puzzle out. Some of the crimes are simple once Brown explains them, but others are devious, chilling things that are wrapped in Chesterton's poetic prose.We're introduced to Father Brown when he comes into a famous c. Don Kidwell said A Dozen Diverting Tales With Father Brown Outshining All Your Ordinary Detectives!. A likable protagonist solving mysteries in that fine, old-fashioned manner. Some of my favorite passages in the book include "If it be true that in the twentieth century more space is given to murder than to politics, it is for the excellent reason that murder is a more serious subject" and "If the devil tells you something is too fearful to look at, look at it. If he says something is too terrible to hear, hear it. If you think some truth unbearable, bear it." Very good book including an active table of contents so you can read any of the twelve short stories i. The Real Father Brown Amazon Customer Father Brown is a small, quiet man with a very unusual way of seeing the world and the people around him. A creation of G.K. Chesterton, it is not surprising that Father Brown is unlike anyone you've met. The British Father Brown series is a very entertaining, but it is not Father Brown, who falls into the pursuit of criminals almost by accident. It is the mind of the criminal that is catnip to Father Brown.
Chesterton was originally published in 1914. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.. Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London in 1874. K. However, he is probably best-remembered for his Christian apologetics, most notably in Orthodoxy (1908) and The Everlasting Man (1925). Over the course of his life, his literary output was incredibly diverse and highly prolific, ranging from philosophy and ontology to art criticism and detective fiction. He studied at the Slade School of Art, and upon graduating began to work as a freelance journalist. This early work by G
''The unassuming cleric, whose humble conviction that his God will eventually triumph over the souls of even the most evil of criminals, is the quiet but insistent heartbeat of these unusual exercises in detective fiction.'' --Sunday Times (London) on The Innocence of Father Brown