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The Incredulity of Father Brown

G. K. Chesterton

  • Stories
  • Book language: English
  • 169 pages

The Incredulity of Father Brown is a collection of detective stories by G. K. Chesterton featuring the priest-detective Father Brown. The stories present puzzling crimes that Father Brown solves through his understanding of human nature, and are admired for their wit and moral insight. The opening tale finds him in South America, where his detective reputation has preceded him.

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Opening of the book

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PATRICIA BURKE

NLjǵŧ —I do not know if it is necessary to say, of stories so slight, that the archeology and history are largely assumed for the sake of the story. Problems of a very similar sort do exist; but I have deliberately avoided reproducing any real ones.

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Contents

  1. Dedication
  2. Preface

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