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The Innocence of Father Brown – Gilbert Keith Chesterton

With Father Brown the author has entered upon a new literary field in a series of detective stories. Strange to say, his hero is not a Sherlock Holmes or a Lecoq, but a gentle little parish priest who uses his knowledge of human nature gained in his religious work to unravel mysterious crimes which have baffled the police. The stories are of the dashing and brilliant kind that Stevenson invented — exciting tales told in artistic manner by a first-class literary hand.

The Innocence of Father Brown

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The Innocence of Father Brown.

ISBN: 9783849677701.

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Biography of Gilbert Keith Chesterton (from Wikipedia):

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The Ballad of the White Horse – Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Gilbert K. Chesterton has kept his finest energies for fashioning the verses and symbolism of this ballad-epic — the story of King Alfred and the Danes. The London Nation said of the book: “We are certainly inclined to prophesy that ‘The Ballad of the White Horse’ will live very much longer than any other of Mr. Chesterton’s writings. It is the best and most important thing he has done.”

The Ballad of the White Horse

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The Ballad of the White Horse.

ISBN: 9783849677695.

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Biography of Gilbert Keith Chesterton (from Wikipedia):

Gilbert Keith Chesterton, KC*SG (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936), … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

What’s wrong with the world? – Gilbert Keith Chesterton

In this volume Mr. Chesterton has tackled with his customary gaiety of heart and uncanny shrewdness of eye and hand no less a trinity than socialism, woman’s suffrage, and the new education. He begins by proclaiming that what is wrong with the world is chiefly that we have got out of the habit or asking what is right before we begin the diagnosis of the evil and the eager advocacy of a remedy. His method is his favorite one of accepting the stock retorts of his adversaries at their face value, and proceeding to discover in these the ultimate confirmation of his own views and the utter confounding of theirs. All … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

Alarms and Discursions – Gilbert Keith Chesterton

If Mr. Chesterton had been permitted to have his own way this handful of papers would have been sent out under the title of “Gargoyles.” Perhaps the publisher foresaw horror upon the faces of really unimaginative readers when once brought face to face with a “monster” title; so it was changed to “Alarms and discursions,” as indefinite and capable of possibilities as one could wish. “Fragments of futile journalism or fleeting impressions,” Mr. Chesterton calls his essays. “This row of shapeless and ungainly monsters . . . does not consist of separate idols cut out capriciously in lonely valleys or various islands. These monsters are meant for the gargoyles of a definite cathedral. … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...