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The wisdom of Father Brown — G. K. Chesterton

The wisdom of Father Brown

G. K. Chesterton

  • Stories
  • Book language: English
  • 173 pages

A collection of detective stories featuring Father Brown, a modest Catholic priest whose understanding of human nature helps him solve crimes. These tales mix mystery with wit and moral reflection, offering clever puzzles rather than sensational violence. Worth listening for Chesterton's engaging prose and the gentle wisdom of his unlikely sleuth.

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Opening of the book

THE WISDOM OF FATHER

BROWN

By G. K. Chesterton

To

LUCIAN OLDERSHAW

Contents

ONE — The Absence of Mr Glass

THE consulting-rooms of Dr Orion Hood, the eminent criminologist and specialist in certain moral disorders, lay along the sea-front at

Scarborough, in a series of very large and well-lighted french

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Contents

  1. THE WISDOM OF FATHER BROWN
  2. Contents
  3. ONE — The Absence of Mr Glass
  4. TWO. — The Paradise of Thieves
  5. THREE — The Duel of Dr Hirsch
  6. FOUR — The Man in the Passage
  7. FIVE — The Mistake of the Machine
  8. SIX — The Head of Caesar
  9. SEVEN — The Purple Wig
  10. EIGHT — The Perishing of the Pendragons
  11. NINE — The God of the Gongs
  12. TEN — The Salad of Colonel Cray
  13. ELEVEN — The Strange Crime of John Boulnois
  14. TWELVE — The Fairy Tale of Father Brown
  15. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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