The Complete Father Brown Stories by Chesterton, G. K. (9781853260032)

The Complete Father Brown Stories

by Chesterton, G. K. , Davies, David Stuart , Carabine, Keith

Paperback - English

With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies.

Father Brown, one of the most quirkily genial and lovable characters to emerge from English detective fiction, first made his appearance in The Innocence of Father Brown in 1911. That first collection of stories established G.K. Chesterton's kindly cleric in the front rank of eccentric sleuths.

This complete collection contains all the favourite Father Brown stories, showing a quiet wit and compassion that has endeared him to many, whilst solving his mysteries by a mixture of imagination and a sympathetic worldliness in a totally believable manner.

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ADDITIONAL INFO

ISBN

1853260037

EAN

9781853260032

Publisher

WORDSWORTH ED

Publication Date

05 May 1992

Pages

800

Weight (kg)

0.52

Dimensions (cm)

19.6 x 12.7 x 4.3

About Author

Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London, England, in 1874. He went on to study art at the Slade School, and literature at University College in London. Chesterton wrote a great deal of poetry, as well as works of social and literary criticism. Among his most notable books are"The Man Who Was Thursday", a metaphysical thriller, and "The Everlasting Man", a history of humankind's spiritual progress. After Chesterton converted to Catholicism in 1922, he wrote mainly on religious topics such as "Orthodoxy" and "Heretics". Chesterton is most known for creating the famous priest-detective charac