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The Innocence of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton, Fiction, Mystery & Detective Hardcover - 2004
by G. K. Chesterton
About this book
The star of these stories is Father Brown, a character created by writer G. K. Chesterton. Based on a parish priest who was partially responsible for Chesterton's conversion to Catholicism in 1922, Brown is a stubby Catholic priest equipped with a large umbrella, a formless outfit and a sharp insight into the human nature. The 12 stories included here are: The Blue Cross, The Secret Garden, The Queer Feet, The Flying Stars, The Invisible Man, The Honour of Israel Gow, The Wrong Shape, The Sins of Prince, Saradine, The Hammer of God, The Eye of Apollo, The Sign of the Broken Sword, The Three Tools of Death. With Father Brown the author has entered upon a new literary field in a series of detective stories. Strange to say, his hero is not a Sherlock Holmes or a Lecoq, but a gentle little parish priest who uses his knowledge of human nature gained in his religious work to unravel mysterious crimes which have baffled the police. The stories are of the dashing and brilliant kind that Stevenson invented — exciting tales told in artistic manner by a first-class literary hand.
Summary
The star of these stories is Father Brown, a character created by writer G. K. Chesterton. Based on a parish priest who was partially responsible for Chesterton's conversion to Catholicism in 1922, Brown is a stubby Catholic priest equipped with a large umbrella, a formless outfit and a sharp insight into the human nature. The stories included here are:The Blue CrossThe Secret GardenThe Queer FeetThe Flying StarsThe Invisible ManThe Honour of Israel GowThe Wrong ShapeThe Sins of Prince SaradineThe Hammer of GodThe Eye of ApolloThe Sign of the Broken SwordThe Three Tools of Death
First line
Between the silver ribbon of morning and the green glittering ribbon of sea, the boat touched Harwich and let loose a swarm of folk like flies, among whom the man we must follow was by no means conspicuous - nor wished to be.
First Edition Identification
This first collection of Father Brown stories published by Cassell and Company in London in 1911. 5,000 copies in the first printing.
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- Title The Innocence of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton, Fiction, Mystery & Detective
- Author G. K. Chesterton
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 232
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wildside Press
- Date 2004-02-01
- ISBN 9780809597987 / 0809597985
- Weight 1.09 lbs (0.49 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.69 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.75 cm)
- Reading level 1010
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Themes
- Cultural Region: British
- Religious Orientation: Christian
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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