The Scandal Of Father Brown

Author : G. K. Chesterton
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780141393353

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The Scandal of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton Pdf

'It would not be fair to record the adventures of Father Brown, without admitting that he was once involved in a grave scandal...It happened in a picturesque Mexican road-house of rather loose repute...' After many years in the priesthood, Father Brown knows human nature and is not afraid of its dark side. In this fifth and final series of mysteries, the clerical mastermind confronts slander, passion, radical politics, superstition, high crimes and misdemeanours, outwitting some quite extraordinary and villainous adversaries on the way. G. K. Chesterton was born in 1874. He attended the Slade School of Art, where he appears to have suffered a nervous breakdown, before turning his hand to journalism. A prolific writer throughout his life, his best- known books include The Napoleon of Notting Hill (1904), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1922), The Man Who Was Thursday (1908) and the Father Brown stories. Chesterton converted to Roman Catholicism in 1922 and died in 1938. 'Chesterton knew how to make the most of a detective story' Jorge Luis Borges

Author : G. K. Chesterton
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2000-11-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780755100262

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The Scandal of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton Pdf

In this fifth and final set of Father Brown mysteries G K Chesterton's short, shabby priest continues, in his humorous, effortless but powerfully effective way to solve a wide range of high crimes and misdemeanours.

Author : G. K. Chesterton
Publisher : BEYOND BOOKS HUB
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Scandal of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton Pdf

A collection of 9 short stories: The Scandal Of Father Brown; The Quick One; The Blast Of The Book; The Green Man; The Pursuit Of Mr Blue; The Crime Of The Communist; The Point Of A Pin; The Insoluble Problem; and, The Vampire Of The Village.

Author : G. Chesterton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1761533126

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The Scandal of Father Brown by G. Chesterton Pdf

Author : G.k. Chesterton
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1494336189

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The Scandal of Father Brown by G.k. Chesterton Pdf

Father Brown is a fictional character created by English novelist G. K. Chesterton, who stars in 51 detective short stories (and two framing vignettes), most of which were later compiled in five books. Chesterton based the character on Father John O'Connor (1870-1952), a parish priest in Bradford who was involved in Chesterton's conversion to Catholicism in 1922. The relationship was recorded by O'Connor in his 1937 book Father Brown on Chesterton.

Author : Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:979513743

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The Scandal of Father Brown by Gilbert Keith Chesterton Pdf

Author : G. K. Chesterton
Publisher : Modern Library
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2005-04-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780812972221

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Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton Pdf

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.”

Author : G. K. Chesterton
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547114130

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The Scandal of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Scandal of Father Brown" by G. K. Chesterton. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : G K Chesterton
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 1087 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780141959931

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The Complete Father Brown Stories by G K Chesterton Pdf

The complete adventures of the well-loved clerical sleuth, collected in one brilliant volume. Shabby and lumbering, with a face like a Norfolk dumpling, Father Brown makes for an improbable super-sleuth. But his innocence is the secret of his success: refusing the scientific method of detection, he adopts instead an approach of simple sympathy, interpreting each crime as a work of art, and each criminal as a man no worse than himself. This complete edition brings together all of the Father Brown stories, including two not previously available in Penguin: 'The Donnington Affair', in which Chesterton rises to the challenge of solving a murder-mystery half written by someone else (Max Pemberton), and 'The Mask of Midas', which was found in Chesterton's papers after his death. It also includes an introduction and notes by Michael D. Hurley. G.K. Chesteron was born in 1874. He attended the Slade School of Art, where he appears to have suffered a nervous breakdown, before turning his hand to journalism. A prolific writer throughout his life, his best-known books include The Napoleon of Notting Hill (1904), The Man Who Knew Too Much(1922), The Man Who Was Thursday (1908) and the Father Brown stories. Chesterton converted to Roman Catholicism in 1922 and died in 1938. Michael D. Hurley is a Lecturer in English at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of St Catharine's College. He has written widely on English literature from the nineteenth century to the present day, with an emphasis on poetry and poetics. His book on G. K. Chesterton was published in 2011.

Author : G K Chesterton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798636656388

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The Scandal of Father Brown by G K Chesterton Pdf

Another collection of G.K. Chesterton's ingenious, thoughtful, and lyrically written mystery stories featuring the unassuming little priest who solves crimes by imagining himself inside the mind and soul of criminals, thus understanding their motives. The stories are full of paradox, spiritual insight, and 'Chestertonian fantasy, ' or seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary. In the title story, a beautiful (and married) rich woman has taken up with a distinguished poet-and Father Brown, rather than reacting as expected, appears to be providing assistance. Also includes The Quick One, The Blast of the Book, The Green Man, The Pursuit of Mr Blue, The Crime of the Communist, The Point of a Pin, The Insoluble Problem, and The Vampire of the Village

Author : G K Chesterton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798632918084

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The Scandal of Father Brown by G K Chesterton Pdf

Another collection of G.K. Chesterton's ingenious, thoughtful, and lyrically written mystery stories featuring the unassuming little priest who solves crimes by imagining himself inside the mind and soul of criminals, thus understanding their motives. The stories are full of paradox, spiritual insight, and 'Chestertonian fantasy, ' or seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary. In the title story, a beautiful (and married) rich woman has taken up with a distinguished poet-and Father Brown, rather than reacting as expected, appears to be providing assistance. Also includes The Quick One, The Blast of the Book, The Green Man, The Pursuit of Mr Blue, The Crime of the Communist, The Point of a Pin, The Insoluble Problem, and The Vampire of the Village

Author : G. K. Chesterton
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780755100279

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The Secret of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton Pdf

Father Brown, an unassuming and shabbily dressed priest, possesses an incredible ability to solve crimes and murders. Here he reveals the secret of his success. This fourth collection contains the magnificent 'The Chief Mourner of Marne'- a fascinating story with unexpected twists - about a duel and a case of mistaken identity.

Author : Laird R. Blackwell
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476631370

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The Metaphysical Mysteries of G.K. Chesterton by Laird R. Blackwell Pdf

G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown stories are widely considered to be some of the finest detective short stories ever published, offering vivid writing, brilliant puzzles, biting social criticism, and metaphysical explorations of life's great questions. This book presents the first in-depth analysis of his works both as classics of the detective genre and as meaningful philosophical inquiries. The Father Brown stories are examined along with Chesterton's less well known fiction, including the short stories about Mr. Pond, Gabriel Gale, Basil and Rupert Grant, Horne Fisher, Dr. Adrian Hyde and Philip Swayne, and the novels The Man Who Was Thursday and Manalive.

Author : G K Chesterton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798559203324

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The Scandal of Father Brown Illustrated by G K Chesterton Pdf

It would not be fair to record the adventures of Father Brown, without admitting that he was once involved in a grave scandal...It happened in a picturesque Mexican road-house of rather loose repute...' After many years in the priesthood, Father Brown knows human nature and is not afraid of its dark side. ...

Author : Gilbert Chesterton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1720839433

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The Scandal of Father Brown by Gilbert Chesterton Pdf

The Scandal of Father BrownBy Gilbert Keith Chesterton.