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The doctor regarded the new-comer with a restrained astonishment, not unlike that he would have shown if some huge but obviously harmless sea-beast had crawled into his room. The new-comer regarded the doctor with that beaming but breathless geniality which characterizes a corpulent charwoman who has just managed to stuff herself into an omnibus. It is a rich confusion of social self-congratulation and bodily disarray. His hat tumbled to the carpet, his heavy umbrella slipped between his knees with a thud; he reached after the one and ducked after the other, but with an unimpaired smile on his round face spoke simultaneously as follows: "My name is Brown. Pray excuse me. I've come about that business of the MacNabs. I have heard, you often help people out of such troubles. Pray excuse me if I am wrong."
The Wisdom Of Father Brown: (G.K. Chesterton Classics Collection), by G.K. Chesterton- Published on: 2015-03-04
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .36" w x 6.00" l, .48 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 156 pages
Review ''The unassuming cleric, whose humble conviction that his God will eventually triumph over the souls of even the most evil of criminals, is the quiet but insistent heartbeat of these unusual exercises in detective fiction.'' --Sunday Times (London) on The Innocence of Father Brown
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About the 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 character Father Brown, who first appeared in "The Innocence of Father Brown". Chesterton died in 1936 at the age of 62.
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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful. Kind little Father Brown By EA Solinas Most book detectives are either professional, or they don't have jobs and do detective work in their spare time. G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown is a little different -- a kindly, sweet little priest.In Chesterton's second Father Brown book, "The Wisdom of Father Brown," we get a series of bizarre, sometimes dangerous mysteries that Father Brown must puzzle out. Some of the crimes are simple once Brown explains them, but others are devious, chilling things that are wrapped in Chesterton's poetic prose.We're introduced to Father Brown when he comes into a famous criminologist's waiting room, and tells the man, "You see, her mother won't let her get engaged." The criminologist reluctantly assists the little priest in investigating a bizarre crime, involving a hat, a tied-up man, and a mysterious person called "Mr. Glass." The answer is a lot simpler than the criminologist believes.In the stories that follow, the priest investigates many other mysteries: a sinister voodoo cult, a nobleman with a deformed ear, a gang of Italian thieves, a lie-detector with one major problem (the operator), a girl who is blackmailed for a crime nobody knows she committed, a burning tower, a murder that may be suicide, and a man who is under a horrible death curse.G.K. Chesterton liked to write mysteries that were a lot simpler than they appeared to be, or else had some sort of bizarre twist at the end. Both kinds of mysteries show up in this collection of short stories, but only occasionally can readers guess what is going on, until Father Brown spells it out with some little detail of human nature.And Father Brown is a likable little guy, who looks like an "innocent goblin" and doesn't have to overwork himself to solve mysteries. It's his shrewd brain and rather childlike straightforwardness that carries him through, as well as his uncanny knowledge of human nature ("The reliable machine always has to be worked by an unreliable machine.... I mean Man").If there's a flaw, it's the rather dated racial descriptions, although those were typical of the time. Chesterton's writing is absolutely exquisite, like poetry rendered down into prose ("Over the black pine-wood came flying and flashing in the moon, a naked sword"), especially in the story where Father Brown and his pal take a cruise through the older areas of England."The Wisdom of Father Brown" is a lot like the kindly priest who does the detective -- brilliant, unassuming, and very intriguing. Definitely a must for mystery buffs.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful. Interesting collection of short mystery stories By SDD The Wisdom of Father Brown is an intriguing collection of mystery short stories centered around none other than Father Brown. These stories are normally fairly well set up, and inlcude good twists at the end that mystery readers would come to expect from good mystery authors. However, Chesterton takes quite a bit of time in setting up the story, which can amount to a bit of tedious reading sometimes. Yet, these vignettes end well and I am impressed with Chesterton's imagery and use of suspense. It also helps that this book is free. Overall, I would recommend this to any detective book fan.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. The Wisdom of Father Brown By sherlockholmesguy The Wisdom of Father Brown was written by G.K.Chesterton, a well known author of the 19th and 20th century. This is a collection of 12 totally seperate stories that are independent of each other but have one common thread. The constant is a quite small figure of a man named Father Brown, an English priest who just happens to be were the action is. He just shows up and gathers clues, primarily by noticing even the most obscure details and putting the case to bed. Actually, one of the best things about these stories is the clues are often disclosed in the story telling and the reader often can figure "who done it" before the ending. It is very much like the other Father Brown collection available from Kindle, namely "The Innocence of Father Brown", which also is a collection of independent stories by Chesterton. The stories are interesting, but short and can be read most easily one or two at a time and resumed again later. I would suggest that if you read the other Father Brown mysteries, you would equally enjoy this selection.
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