Father brown selected stories g k chesterton
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A new selection of the much loved Father Brown stories now part of the Penguin English Library No man s really any good till he knows how bad he is or might be With his round unassuming face his pipe and umbrella the bumbling priest Father Brown makes for an improbable detective Yet his innocent air hides a piercing understanding of the criminal mind and a boundless knowledge of human nature This selection brings together some of the best of G K Chesterton s beloved stories in which we see the clerical sleuth foiling a jewel thief in London solving a macabre mystery in a Scottish castle and unravelling dark deeds in a sleepy English suburb With a beautiful new cover design by award winning designer Coralie Bickford Smith and presented in the delightful Penguin English Library series this new selection brings together the very best of the Father Brown stories inviting new readers to discover one of the most unforgettable characters in literature Father Brown Selected Stories The Penguin English Library 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:
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