The Complete Father Brown Mysteries (Unabridged)

G. K. Chesterton

Sep 2013 · e-artnow

About this ebook

This carefully crafted ebook: “The Complete Father Brown Mysteries (Unabridged)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Father Brown is a fictional character created by English novelist G. K. Chesterton, who stars in 51 detective short stories , most of which were later compiled in five books. Chesterton based the character on Father John O'Connor, a parish priest in Bradford who was involved in Chesterton's conversion to Catholicism. The relationship was recorded by O'Connor in his 1937 book Father Brown on Chesterton. This omnibus contains the following books: 1. The Innocence of Father Brown 2. The Wisdom of Father Brown 3. The Incredulity of Father Brown 4. The Secret of Father Brown 5. The Scandal of Father Brown Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 – 1936) was an English writer, lay theologian, poet, dramatist, journalist, orator, literary and art critic, biographer, and Christian apologist. Chesterton is often referred to as the "prince of paradox”.

Ratings and reviews

While this book may contain all of the stories of Father Brown, it is far from complete. The ending of every story is cut. I understand the need to fit all the stories into a single volume required shortening them, but part of enjoying a mystery is "seeing" the criminal receive his or her punishment in the end, or seeing the innocent receive their reward. This book removes that part of each story, leaving a feeling of lack of closure.

Bite sized stories reminiscent of the short stories of Miss Marple, or, if you're less charitable, Encyclopedia Brown. Suffers from some dated language and prejudice, not just racism, that are unpleasant to the modern eye, as well as some outdated social science and psychology.

Sometimes a bit dated, and often mystical & obscure - but always charming and thought-provoking.