| Father Brown: The Essential Tales Contributor(s): Chesterton, G. K. (Author), James, P. D. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0812972228 ISBN-13: 9780812972221 Publisher: Modern Library
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 2005 Annotation: G. K. Chesterton's Father Brown may seem a pleasantly doddering Roman Catholic priest, but appearances deceive. With keen observation and an unerring sense of man's frailties-gained during his years listening to confessions-Father Brown succeeds in bringing even the most elusive criminals to justice. This definitive collection of fifteen stories, selected by the American Chesterton Society, includes such classics as "The Blue Cross," "The Secret Garden," and "The Paradise of Thieves." As P. D. James writes in her Introduction, "We read the Father Brown stories for a variety pleasures, including their ingenuity, their wit and intelligence, and for the brilliance of the writing. But they provide more. Chesterton was concerned with the greatest of all problems, the vagaries of the human heart." Click for more in this series: Modern Library Classics |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Psychological |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2004059535 |
| Series: Modern Library Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 5.24" W x 7.95" L (0.49 lbs) 288 pages |
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| Publisher Description: G. K. Chesterton's Father Brown may seem a pleasantly doddering Roman Catholic priest, but appearances deceive. With keen observation and an unerring sense of man's frailties-gained during his years listening to confessions-Father Brown succeeds in bringing even the most elusive criminals to justice. This definitive collection of fifteen stories, selected by the American Chesterton Society, includes such classics as "The Blue Cross," "The Secret Garden," and "The Paradise of Thieves." As P. D. James writes in her Introduction, "We read the Father Brown stories for a variety pleasures, including their ingenuity, their wit and intelligence, and for the brilliance of the writing. But they provide more. Chesterton was concerned with the greatest of all problems, the vagaries of the human heart." |
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