The Innocence of Father Brown, G. K. Chesterton
The Innocence of Father Brown, G. K. Chesterton
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The Innocence of Father Brown

Author: G. K. Chesterton

Narrator: Frederick Davidson

Unabridged: 8 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/17/2012

Synopsis

Detective fans of all races and creeds, of all tastes and fancies will delight in the exploits of this wise and whimsical padre. Father Browns powers of detection allow him to sit beside the immortal Holmes, but he is also in all senses a most pleasantly fascinating human being, according to American crime novelist Rufus King. You will be enchanted by the scandalously innocent man of the cloth, with his handy umbrella, who exhibits such uncanny insight into ingeniously tricky human problems. This collection of twelve mysteries solved by Father Brown includes: 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, and The Three Tools of Death.

About G. K. Chesterton

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."

Reviews

Goodreads review by Francesc on August 07, 2022

El Padre Brown es un cura católico con grandes dotes de observación y con mucho conocimiento de la conducta humana. Combina estos dones para ir resolviendo misterios, asesinatos, dudas históricas y otro tipo de situaciones. Es una inteligencia al nivel de Sherlock Holmes, pero sin usar tantos datos c......more

Goodreads review by Werner on July 21, 2010

Chesterton was a contemporary of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; and though he created his principal fictional sleuth, Father Brown, after Doyle had written the bulk of the Holmes canon, he can also claim a formative role (though not nearly so important as Doyle's) in the shaping of the genre. Father Brown......more

Goodreads review by James on May 25, 2019

My dad is currently watching the BBC series of Father Brown and after jokingly telling him how terrible the show seemed (which it really didn't at all) I decided to pick up Chesterton's first Father Brown collection to see how the stories compare to the show and because I love to sink my teeth into......more

Goodreads review by Manny on September 17, 2010

If you haven't come across the Father Brown stories (I'm surprised how few reviews there are), then they are worth reading. G.K. Chesterton is much more entertaining than your average Christian apologist, and if only the basic assumption of these books actually were true then I would feel a lot more......more

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