Author: G. K. Chesterton
Narrator: Bart Wolffe
Unabridged: 3 hr 33 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Saland Publishing
Published: 05/01/2013
Categories: Fiction, Short Stories
G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was one of the most influential English writers of the twentieth century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography,Christian apologetics, fantasy, and detective fiction. Chesterton is well known for his reasoned apologetics, and even those who disagree with him have recognized the universal appeal of such works as Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man. Chesterton routinely referred to himself as an "orthodox" Christian and came to identify such a position with Catholicism more and more, eventually converting to Roman Catholicism. George Bernard Shaw, Chesterton's "friendly enemy" according to Time magazine, said of him, "He was a man of colossal genius."
Every time I come back to these brilliant stories I enjoy the style and language, the author’s voice. A great fun to follow Father Brown’s train of thoughts, and admire his profound insights. Plots are very ingenious, and this clumsy priest appears an unlikely person for the work of a detective. But......more
3.5-3.8 I like some of the stories more than others. And since the exact collection I listened to is not on here imma write down which stories were included if only for my own sanity. The Blue Cross- 4 stars, took a bit to get into but I love the tv show Father Brown episode of this story and the en......more
I was a bit slow coming around to Father Brown, both in reading the famous stories and in appreciating them, but by the end of this Oxford World's Classic edition of selected Father Brown stories (18 of them), which I bought for a dollar at my favorite little library, I was soundly converted. Not to......more