Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an English writer philosopher lay theologian and literary and art critic He was educated at St Paul s and went to art school at University College London In 1900 he was asked to contribute a few magazine articles on art criticism and went on to become one of the most prolific writers of all time He wrote a hundred books contributions to 200 hundreds of poems including the epic Ballad of the White Horse five plays five novels and some two hundred short stories including a popular series featuring the priest detective Father Brown In spite of his literary accomplishments he considered himself primarily a journalist He wrote over 4000 newspaper essays including 30 years worth of weekly co Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an English writer philosopher lay theologian and literary and art critic He was educated at St Paul s and went to art school at University College London In 1900 he was asked to contribute a few magazine articles on art criticism and went on to become one of the most prolific writers of all time He wrote a hundred books contributions to 200 hundreds of poems including the epic Ballad of the White Horse five plays five novels and some two hundred short stories including a popular series featuring the priest detective Father Brown In spite of his literary accomplishments he considered himself primarily a journalist He wrote over 4000 newspaper essays including 30 years worth of weekly columns for the Illustrated London News and 13 years of weekly columns for the Daily News He also edited his own newspaper G. Chesterton was equally at ease with literary and social criticism history politics economics philosophy and theology site_link This story was supposedly published as a serial and it reads as such It s a tidy 2 3 hour read at most and has a bit of an unexpected ending that is somewhat clever If you have an eReader it s available at Manybooks. net and Gutenberg project Kindle Edition A light tale even by Father Brown standards which contrasts the padre s powers of deduction against that of a brilliant but in the clear opinion of Chesterton fatally narrow minded scientist Enjoyable except for the cringeworthy flash of scientific racism the Celts are by nature a superstitious people Thank GKC s god there were no black people in the story Kindle Edition A fun filled little story by Chesterton the father of the paradox and perhaps as skilled a popular storyteller as any of the Edwardian Era It is always a delight to read any of these simple Father Brown stories because while they are worthy detective tales in their own right they are also ingeniously constructed parables which teach us not too didactically how not to assume or judge things prematurely Chesterton s writing is witty and concise and yet also vivid and nuanced and Father Brown himself is a charmingly congenial character worth rooting for every time Highly recommended Kindle Edition Rather funny Father Brown short story Loved Chesterton s descriptions of his detective I listened to it as an online audio book on Librivox Kindle Edition G. K Chesterton was SO ahead of his time Considering the rash of Sherlock pastiches that have appeared in the last ten years or so this story was published in 1912 And Chesterton lampoons Sherlock so perfectly with his mousy little Father Brown Whom I love in all his other stories too I listened to this story as an audio book on The Gutenburg Project online Kindle Edition
| The Absence of Mr GlassA Father Brown Mystery By G.K. Chesterton |
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Missed a glasscomic detective Kindle Edition 3. 5 stars I m enjoying the subversion of the fantastical that these Father Brown stories have Their message is interesting and there s some clear literary merit to them I also like that Father Brown is intuitive and an antithesis to the famous Sherlock Holmes However the revelation of this one kind of dragged on a bit too long imo SpoilersIt s weird that the guy would just sit there tied up the whole time and it s never explained why he chooses to stay that way if he didn t have to Kindle Edition This is one of my favorite Father Brown mysteries A bit of a satire illustrating how Brown is different than Sherlock Holmes life s down to earth wisdom superior to a pompous scientist s brilliant deductions if you will Kindle Edition A fun little Holmes pastiche with an unfortunate tinge of scientific racism Kindle Edition Father Brown consults with scientist Dr Orion Hood concerning the case of the lovers Maggie MacNabs and James Todhunter His conclusions totally wrong as finally proved by Father Brown.K s Weekly.An enjoyable short story Kindle Edition.