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by: G.K. Chesterton
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.912
EAN: 9780812972221
ISBN: 0812972228
Label: Modern Library
Manufacturer: Modern Library
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: April 26, 2005
Publisher: Modern Library
Release Date: April 26, 2005
Sales Rank: 101869
Studio: Modern Library
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G. K. Chesterton’s Father Brown may seem a pleasantly doddering Roman Catholic priest, but appearances deceive. With keen observation and an unerring sense of man’s frailties–gained during his years listening to confessions–Father Brown succeeds in bringing even the most elusive criminals to justice.
This definitive collection of fifteen stories, selected by the American Chesterton Society, includes such classics as “The Blue Cross,” “The Secret Garden,” and “The Paradise of Thieves.” As P. D. James writes in her Introduction, “We read the Father Brown stories for a variety pleasures, including their ingenuity, their wit and intelligence, and for the brilliance of the writing. But they provide more. Chesterton was concerned with the greatest of all problems, the vagaries of the human heart.”
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Rating:  - Dated and a bit hackneyed
The thing is, I have nothing against the character of Father Brown. If Chesterton had been a member of the Church of England, his brilliant amateur detective might have been an Anglican priest, a vicar or rector, perhaps, and possibly married with children. But Chesterton was Roman Catholic, so his protagonist turned out to be an eccentric Roman Catholic priest, resident in England. I myself am an Anglican (a U.S. Episcopalian), and I have no issues with Father Brown as a character. There's nothing ... Read More
Rating:  - A Man Of God?
In the twenties, British author Gilbert Keith Chesterton. created the Father Brown stories. A Man of the Church of Rome (Catholic), he became Chesterton's immortal detective. Listening to confessions came in handy in his sleuthing. The many and varied stories were about every conceivable subject under the sun; with religious overtones. In THE INCREDULITY OF FATHER BROWN, "The Resurrection of Father Brown (like Jesus?) leads off and contains "The Arrow of Heaven" all the way to "The Ghost of Gideon Wise." ... Read More
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