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The Incredulity of Father Brown

G.K. Chesterton

The Incredulity of Father Brown

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G.K. Chesterton

The Incredulity of Father Brown

G.K. Chesterton

The Incredulity of Father Brown

“The Incredulity of Father Brown” is a 1926 collection of mystery short stories by English writer G. K. Chesterton. Set in the early twentieth century, each of the stories centres around the cunning investigations of Father Brown, an amateur detective who uses his incredible intuition to solve a variety of perplexing mysteries. The stories include: “The Resurrection of Father Brown”, “The Arrow of Heaven”, “The Oracle of the Dog”, “The Miracle of Moon Crescent”, “The Curse of the Golden Cross”,...

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G.K. Chesterton

The Innocence of Father Brown

G.K. Chesterton

The Innocence of Father Brown

Father Brown is a fictional Roman Catholic priest and amateur detective who is featured in 53 short stories published between 1910 and 1936 written by English novelist G. K. Chesterton. Father Brown solves mysteries and crimes using his intuition and keen understanding of human nature.<P> Chesterton loosely based the character on the Rt Rev. Msgr. John O'Connor (1870–1952), a parish priest in Bradford, who was involved in Chesterton's conversion to Catholicism in 1922.<P> ...

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G.K. Chesterton

The Innocence of Father Brown

G.K. Chesterton, Гилберт Честертон

The Innocence of Father Brown

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G.K. Chesterton, Гилберт Честертон

The Man Who Knew Too Much

G. K. Chesterton, Гилберт Честертон и др.

The Man Who Knew Too Much

"The Man Who Knew Too Much" by G. K. Chesterton. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and...

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G. K. Chesterton, Гилберт Честертон и др.

The Man Who Knew Too Much

G.K. Chesterton

The Man Who Knew Too Much

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G.K. Chesterton

The Man Who Was Thursday

Gilbert Chesterton, Гилберт Честертон и др.

The Man Who Was Thursday

First published in 1908, G. K. Chesterton’s “The Man Who Was Thursday” has been described as a metaphysical thriller. It is the story of Gabriel Syme, who is recruited by Scotland Yard as part of an anti-anarchist task force. When he meets Lucian Gregory, a poet and member of a secret society of anarchists, he gains access to the underground movement. The group is lead by a central council of seven men, each named for a day of the week. Gabriel convinces the local chapter to elect him to the...

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Gilbert Chesterton, Гилберт Честертон и др.

The Man Who Was Thursday

G.K. Chesterton

The Man Who Was Thursday

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G.K. Chesterton

The Wisdom of Father Brown

G.K. Chesterton

The Wisdom of Father Brown

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G.K. Chesterton

The Father Brown Stories

G.K. Chesterton

The Father Brown Stories

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G.K. Chesterton

The Club of Queer Trades

G.K. Chesterton

The Club of Queer Trades

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G.K. Chesterton

The Man Who Was Thursday

G.K. Chesterton

The Man Who Was Thursday

It is very difficult to classify THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY. It is possible to say that it is a gripping adventure story of murderous criminals and brilliant policemen; but it was to be expected that the author of the Father Brown stories should tell a detective story like no-one else. On this level, therefore, THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY succeeds superbly; if nothing else, it is a magnificent tour-de-force of suspense-writing.<P> However, the reader will soon discover that it is much more...

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G.K. Chesterton

The Wisdom of Father Brown

G. K. Chesterton, Gilbert Chesterton и др.

The Wisdom of Father Brown

“The Wisdom of Father Brown” is a 1928 collection of mystery short stories by English writer G. K. Chesteron. Set in the early twentieth century, each of the stories centres around the cunning investigations of Father Brown, a catholic priest-cum-detective who uses his incredible intuition to solve a variety of perplexing mysteries. The stories include: “The Absence of Mr Glass”, “The Paradise of Thieves”, “The Duel of Dr Hirsch”, “The Man in the Passage”, “The Mistake of the Machine”, “The Head...

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G. K. Chesterton, Gilbert Chesterton и др.

The Wisdom of Father Brown

G.K. Chesterton

The Wisdom of Father Brown

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G.K. Chesterton

The Father Brown Megapack

G.K. Chesterton

The Father Brown Megapack

This volume collects 52 of G.K. Chesterton's Father's Brown stories, including the rare story, «The Donnington Affair,» which was omitted from the collections published during the author's lifetime. Also included are an «Introduction to Father Brown» and an «About the Author» section. <P> "For anyone who reads detective fiction at all, G.K. Chesterton and his creation Father Brown are such an important, established part of the furniture as almost to go unnoticed....

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G.K. Chesterton