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The Complete Father Brown Stories

Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936. Book - 2012 Mystery / Chesterton, G. K., Adult Book / Fiction / Mystery / Classic / Chesterton, G. K. 2 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4 out of 5

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The innocence of Father Brown (1911) 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 -- The wisdom of Father Brown (1914) The absence of Mr Glass ; The paradise of thieves ; The duel of Dr Hirsch ; The man in the passage ; The mistake of the machine ; The head of the Caesar ; The purple wig ; The perishing of the Pendragons ; The God of the Gongs ; The salad of Colonel Cray ; The strange crime of John Boulnois ; The fairy tale of Father Brown -- The Donnington affair (1914) -- The incredulity of Father Brown (1926). The resurrection of Father Brown ; The arrow of heaven ; The oracle of the dog ; The miracle of Moon Crescent.
Contents note continued: The curse of the golden cross ; The dagger with wings ; The doom of the Darnaways ; The ghost of Gideon Wise -- The secret of Father Brown (1927). The secret of Father Brown The mirror of the Magistrate ; The man with two beards ; The song of the flying fish ; The actor and the alibi ; The vanishing of Vaudrey ; The worst crime in the world ; The red moon of Meru ; The chief mourner of Marne ; The secret of Flambeau -- The scandal of Father Brown (1935). The scandal of Father Brown ; The quick one ; The blast of the book ; The green man ; The pursuit of Mr Blue ; The crime of the communist ; The point of a pin ; The insoluble problem -- The vampire of the village (1936) -- The mask of Midas (1936).
Father Brown is an eccentric priest with his own particular way of dealing with crime.
With his cherubic face and unworldly simplicity, his glasses and huge umbrella, Father Brown is one of the most unforgettable characters in literature.The Complete Father Brown Stories brings together all the stories featuring G. K. Chesterton's amateur sleuth--plus two additional cases, "The Donnington Affair" and "The Mask of Midas," that were discovered in Chesterton's papers after his death. An introduction by Chesterton scholar Michael D. Hurley sheds new light on the beloved detective series.

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Penguin classics



PUBLISHED
New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: 827 pages ; 20 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780141193854
0141193859

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Hurley, Michael D. 1976-

SUBJECTS
Brown, Father (Fictitious character)
Priests -- Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.