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Every story of Chesterton's unassuming little priest detective, from the first four published collections: The Innocence of Father Brown (1911), The Wisdom of Father Brown (1914), The Incredulity of Father Brown (1926), and The Secret of Father Brown (1927)....

A fictional priest and amateur detective named Father Brown had a face once described “as round and dull as a Norfolk dumpling”. This made him appear somewhat clumsy and naïve, but that didn’t take into account his keen understanding of human nature....

Shabby and lumbering, with a face like a Norfolk dumpling, Father Brown makes for an improbable super-sleuth. But his innocence is the...

Discover a world of heroes and villains, suspense and intrigue. This riveting and comprehensive collection brings together some of the best crime writing of all time....

Father Brown is an eccentric priest with his own particular ways of dealing with crime....

In this important book, G.K. Chesterton offers a remarkably perceptive analysis of social and moral issues, even more relevant today than in his own time....

These four stories test Father Brown in many ways, creating headaches a plenty. However, Father Brown is nothing if not redoubtable....

Listeners will delight in these masterful chronicles of the adventures and mishaps of Father Brown....

G.K. Chesterton was one of the towering figures of British literature in the early twentieth century. A man of massive size, massive personality, and...

Thirteen classic tales of mystery and suspense dating from the early years of crime fiction, 1890-1925....

Written in his signature style – full of paradox, wit and poetic insight – Chesterton outlines an intellectually rigorous defence of the Christian faith.

While visiting his old friend Flambeau, Father Brown attempts to explain to an inquisitive American the 'secret' of his detective method, by means of eight stories of crime, murder, and obsession....

Gerade als sich Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson auf den Weg zu Pater Brown in die Waltham Abbey machen wollen, entdecken sie einen Brief auf ihrer Türschwelle. Dieser enthält nicht nur eine alte Drohung an John Smith, sondern auch eine Aufforderung, sich mit einem gewissen Dr. Blackwood zu treffen.

During the first three decades of the 20th century, eugenics, the scientific control of human breeding, was a popular cause....

Chesterton takes us on a merry ride of mystery, intrigue, and above all, fantasy in this tale of anarchism....

Heiligabend, 24. Dezember 1889: In der Baker Street 221B ist es ruhig und festlich. Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson und Mrs. Hudson sitzen beisammen, genießen den Apfelstrudel der Haushälterin und lassen das vergangene Abenteuer Revue passieren.

Chesterton portrays Father Brown as a short, stumpy Roman Catholic priest, with shapeless clothes and a large umbrella, and an uncanny insight into human evil.

Step into the vivid, paradoxical world of G. K. Chesterton—where saints dance with skeptics, riddles reveal truth, and the ordinary becomes extraordinary. Best known for his wit and philosophical insight, Chesterton’s poetry is a rich blend of humor, faith, social commentary, and fierce imagination.

The London Classics Collection: Stories of the City allows you to step into the heart of London with a curated selection of iconic literary works that explore the soul of one of the world's most fascinating cities.

In 1910, when the industrialists and intelligentsia both promised only “progress,” G. K.