The Wisdom of Father Brown
โ Scribed by G. K. Chesterton
- Publisher
- The Floating Press;Otbebookpublishing
- Year
- 2011;2015
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 148 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
The star of these stories is Father Brown, a character created by writer G. K. Chesterton. Based on a parish priest who was partially responsible for Chesterton's conversion to Catholicism in 1922, Brown is a stubby Catholic priest equipped with a large umbrella, a formless outfit and a sharp insight into the human nature.The stories included here are:
- 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 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
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