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The Incredulity of Father Brown
In "The Incredulity of Father Brown," G.K. Chesterton treats us to another set of bizarre crimes that only his "stumpy" Roman Catholic prelate has the wisdom and mindset to solve. As usual, Chesterton loves playing with early twentieth-century class distinctions, "common-sense" assumptions, and the often anti-Catholic biases of his characters. He loves showing, through his characters, how those who hold themselves superior to the "fantasies" of Brown's Catholic faith themselves devolve into superstitious blithering when faced with the tiniest of mysteries. In this collection, Brown finds himself as the main event at his own funeral (The resurrection of Father Brown), contemplating the possibility of death from the sky (The arrow of heaven), piercing the mystery of a dog's "prophetic" behavior (The oracle of the dog), and facing off against a curse hanging about a medieval burial (The curse of the golden cross). A collection of excellent tales from one of the finest British mystery writ
198 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1926
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G.K. Chesterton
4,255听books5,510听followersGilbert Keith Chesterton was an English writer, philosopher, lay theologian, and literary and art critic.
He was educated at St. Paul鈥檚, 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 more, 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.K.鈥檚 Weekly.
Chesterton was equally at ease with literary and social criticism, history, politics, economics, philosophy, and theology.
He was educated at St. Paul鈥檚, 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 more, 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.K.鈥檚 Weekly.
Chesterton was equally at ease with literary and social criticism, history, politics, economics, philosophy, and theology.
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3.5/5* 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 蔚尉伪喂蟻蔚蟿喂魏萎 (蟽蔚 蠈位伪 蟿伪 蔚蟺委蟺蔚未伪) 苇魏未慰蟽畏 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 "螠维纬渭伪".
螣 蟺伪蟿苇蟻伪蟼 螠蟺蟻维慰蠀谓 蔚委谓伪喂 苇谓伪蟼 伪谓蟿喂-畏蟻蠅喂魏蠈蟼, 伪谓蟿喂-渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿慰蟻畏渭伪蟿喂魏蠈蟼 魏伪喂 伪谓蟿喂-蔚渭蟺慰蟻喂魏蠈蟼 魏伪胃慰位喂魏蠈蟼 喂蔚蟻苇伪蟼 魏伪喂 -魏维蟿喂-蟽伪谓-谓蟿蔚蟿苇魏蟿喂尾. 螤蟻慰蠁伪谓蠋蟼 未蔚谓 蔚委蠂蔚 伪魏慰蠉蟽蔚喂 蟿慰 芦萎 蟺伪蟺维蟼-蟺伪蟺维蟼 萎 味蔚蠀纬维蟼-味蔚蠀纬维蟼禄 蟿慰蠀 胃蠀渭蠈蟽慰蠁慰蠀 蔚位位畏谓喂魏慰蠉 位伪慰蠉 (畏 蟽蠀位位慰纬萎 未喂畏纬畏渭维蟿蠅谓 蟺蟻蠅蟿慰蔚魏未蠈胃畏魏蔚 蟿慰 1926) 魏伪喂 纬喂鈥� 伪蠀蟿蠈 魏伪蟿伪蟺喂维谓蔚蟿伪喂 渭蔚 魏维胃蔚 位慰纬萎蟼 渭蠀蟽蟿萎蟻喂伪 魏伪喂 蔚纬魏位萎渭伪蟿伪, 蔚蠀蠁维谓蟿伪蟽蟿伪 魏伪喂 渭畏, 蟿蔚位蔚蟽蠁蠈蟻伪 萎 渭畏.
螖蔚谓 苇蠂蔚喂 蟿畏 纬慰畏蟿蔚委伪 魏伪喂 蟿慰 蟺伪蟻维蟽蟿畏渭伪 蟿慰蠀 危苇蟻位慰魏 围慰位渭蟼, 未蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂 iconic 蟽伪谓 蟿慰谓 螚蟻伪魏位萎 螤慰蠀伪蟻蠈, 未蔚谓 魏伪蟺谓委味蔚喂 渭蔚喂位委蠂喂伪 蟿畏谓 蟺委蟺伪 蟿慰蠀 蟽伪谓 蟿慰谓 蔚蟺喂胃蔚蠅蟻畏蟿萎 螠伪喂纬魏蟻苇. 螘委谓伪喂 魏伪魏慰蟽慰蠀位慰蠉蟺蠅蟿慰蟼, 魏慰谓蟿蠈蠂慰谓蟿蟻慰蟼 魏伪喂 蠀蟺慰蟿慰谓喂魏蠈蟼 渭苇蠂蟻喂 谓伪蟻魏慰位畏蠄委伪蟼. 螘委谓伪喂 蠈渭蠅蟼 魏伪喂 慰 蟺喂慰 伪谓蔚蟺喂蟿萎未蔚蠀蟿慰蟼 位蠉蟿畏蟼 渭蠀蟽蟿畏蟻委蠅谓 蟺慰蠀 苇蠂蠅 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏维 蟽蠀谓伪谓蟿萎蟽蔚喂. 螠蔚 尾维蟽畏 苇谓伪谓 蟽蟿喂尾伪蟻蠈 魏伪喂 伪未喂伪蟺苇蟻伪蟽蟿慰 慰蟻胃慰位慰纬喂蟽渭蠈 慰 慰蟺慰委慰蟼 未蔚谓 蟺畏纬维味蔚喂 (渭蠈谓慰) 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏 胃蟻畏蟽魏蔚委伪, 蔚蟽蟿喂维味蔚喂 伪蟺蔚蠀胃蔚委伪蟼 蟽蟿伪 渭蠉蠂喂伪 蟿畏蟼 蠄蠀蠂萎蟼 魏伪喂 蟽蟿畏 纬蔚谓蔚蟽喂慰蠀蟻纬蠈 伪喂蟿委伪 蟺委蟽蠅 伪蟺蠈 魏维胃蔚 魏委谓畏蟿蟻慰.
韦伪蟺蔚喂谓蠈蟼, 伪渭萎蠂伪谓慰蟼 蟽蠂蔚未蠈谓 魏伪蟿维 蟿畏 未喂伪位蔚蠉魏伪谓蟽畏 蟿蠅 谓 渭蠀蟽蟿畏蟻委蠅谓, 未蔚 渭慰喂蟻维味蔚喂 伪蠁蔚喂未蠋蟼 蟽蟿慰渭蠁蠋未畏 伪蟺慰蠁胃苇纬渭伪蟿伪, 未蔚谓 蟺位伪魏蠋谓蔚喂 蟽蟿喂蟼 蠁维蟺蔚蟼 蔚蟺委未慰尉慰蠀蟼 蔚蠂胃蟻慰蠉蟼, 魏伪蟿慰蟻胃蠋谓蔚喂 蠈渭蠅蟼 谓伪 蟽蠀纬魏蟻慰蟿萎蟽蔚喂 渭喂伪 维魏蟻蠅蟼 蟽蠀渭蟺伪胃畏蟿喂魏萎 魏伪喂 -蟺伪蟻伪未蠈尉蠅蟼- 位慰纬慰蟿蔚蠂谓喂魏萎 蟺蔚蟻蟽蠈谓伪 畏 慰蟺慰委伪 魏伪胃蟻蔚蠁蟿委味蔚喂 蟿畏谓 魏慰蟽渭慰胃蔚蠅蟻委伪 魏伪喂 蟿慰 蟿伪位苇谓蟿慰 蟿慰蠀 韦蟽苇蟽蟿蔚蟻蟿慰谓, 伪蠀蟿维 蟺慰蠀 伪谓维纬魏伪蟽伪谓 蟿慰谓 芦蟺慰位蠉禄 螒谓蟿蠈谓喂慰 螕魏蟻维渭蟽喂 魏伪喂 慰位蠈魏位畏蟻慰 围蠈蟻蠂蔚 螞慰蠀喂蟼 螠蟺蠈蟻蠂蔚蟼 谓伪 蟿慰谓 蔚蟺伪喂谓苇蟽慰蠀谓 伪尾委伪蟽蟿伪.
螣 蟺伪蟿苇蟻伪蟼 螠蟺蟻维慰蠀谓 未蠀蟽蟺喂蟽蟿蔚委 伪蟺苇谓伪谓蟿喂 蟽蔚 蟺慰位位维: 蟽蟿畏谓 蟺蟻蠈慰未慰 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 蟺蟻蠈慰未慰, 蟽蟿伪 蔚蟺喂蠁伪谓蔚喂伪魏维 蟽蠀渭蟺蔚蟻维蟽渭伪蟿伪, 蟽蟿慰 未委魏伪喂慰 蟿慰蠀 喂蟽蠂蠀蟻慰蠉, 蟽蟿慰谓 蔚尉鈥� 伪谓伪蟿慰位维蟼 渭蠀蟽蟿喂魏喂蟽渭蠈-伪蟺慰魏蟻蠀蠁喂蟽渭蠈, 蟽蟿伪 纬喂伪位伪谓蟿味委 蟺伪蟻伪蠁蠀蟽喂魏维 蠁伪喂谓蠈渭蔚谓伪. 螌渭蠅蟼 畏 位慰纬喂魏萎, 慰 伪蟺伪纬蠅纬喂魏蠈蟼 蟽蠀位位慰纬喂蟽渭蠈蟼 魏伪喂 畏 伪谓伪魏蟻喂蟿喂魏萎 未喂蔚委蟽未蠀蟽畏, 蟿慰谓 慰未畏纬慰蠉谓 蟽蔚 伪蟽蠁伪位萎 蟽蠀渭蟺蔚蟻维蟽渭伪蟿伪, 蟿伪 慰蟺慰委伪 未喂伪谓胃委味蔚喂 渭蔚 苇谓伪 伪谓维位伪蠁蟻慰 蠂喂慰蠉渭慰蟻. 螤委蟽蠅 伪蟺蠈 伪蠀蟿蠈 魏蟻蠉尾蔚蟿伪喂 维位位蠅蟽蟿蔚 魏伪喂 未喂维胃蔚蟽畏 蟿慰蠀 韦蟽苇蟽蟿蔚蟻蟿慰谓 纬喂伪 蟺伪蟻蠅未委伪 蟺慰位位蠋谓 蠀蟺蔚蟻尾慰位喂魏蠋谓 伪蟽蟿蠀谓慰渭喂魏蠋谓 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿慰蟻畏渭维蟿蠅谓 蟿伪 慰蟺慰委伪 蠀蟺蔚蟻尾维位位慰蠀谓 蟿蠈蟽慰 蠅蟼 蟺蟻慰蟼 蟿畏 未蟻维蟽畏, 蠈蟽慰 魏伪喂 蟽蟿喂蟼 伪位位蔚蟺维位位畏位蔚蟼, 尾蔚尾喂伪蟽渭苇谓蔚蟼 伪谓伪蟿蟻慰蟺苇蟼.
螠喂伪 维魏蟻蠅蟼 伪尉喂蠈位慰纬畏 魏伪喂 蟺蟻蠅蟿蠈蟿蠀蟺畏 蟽蠀位位慰纬萎 未喂畏纬畏渭维蟿蠅谓, 畏 慰蟺慰委伪 未蔚 胃伪 蟽伪蟼 蟽蠀纬魏位慰谓委蟽蔚喂 (蟺蔚蟻委渭蔚谓伪 魏维蟿喂 蟺伪蟻伪蟺维谓蠅 蟽蟿慰 蠄蠀蠂慰纬蟻伪蠁喂魏蠈/畏胃慰纬蟻伪蠁喂魏蠈 蟺蔚未委慰), 伪位位维 蟿慰蟺慰胃蔚蟿畏渭苇谓畏 蟽蟿慰 喂蟽蟿慰蟻喂魏蠈 魏伪喂 位慰纬慰蟿蔚蠂谓喂魏蠈 蟿畏蟼 蟽蠀纬魏蔚委渭蔚谓慰, 未委谓蔚喂 伪蟻魏蔚蟿萎 蟿蟻慰蠁萎 纬喂伪 蟽魏苇蠄畏. 螘尉伪喂蟻蔚蟿喂魏萎 (魏伪喂 渭蔚 伪尉喂蠈位慰纬慰 蔚蟺委渭蔚蟿蟻慰) 畏 苇魏未慰蟽畏 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 芦螠维纬渭伪禄, 蟽蔚 蟽畏渭蔚委慰 蟺慰蠀 蟽蔚 魏维谓蔚喂 谓伪 伪蟺慰蟻蔚委蟼 渭蔚 魏维蟺慰喂慰蠀蟼 渭蔚纬维位慰蠀蟼 蔚魏未慰蟿喂魏慰蠉蟼.
螣 蟺伪蟿苇蟻伪蟼 螠蟺蟻维慰蠀谓 蔚委谓伪喂 苇谓伪蟼 伪谓蟿喂-畏蟻蠅喂魏蠈蟼, 伪谓蟿喂-渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿慰蟻畏渭伪蟿喂魏蠈蟼 魏伪喂 伪谓蟿喂-蔚渭蟺慰蟻喂魏蠈蟼 魏伪胃慰位喂魏蠈蟼 喂蔚蟻苇伪蟼 魏伪喂 -魏维蟿喂-蟽伪谓-谓蟿蔚蟿苇魏蟿喂尾. 螤蟻慰蠁伪谓蠋蟼 未蔚谓 蔚委蠂蔚 伪魏慰蠉蟽蔚喂 蟿慰 芦萎 蟺伪蟺维蟼-蟺伪蟺维蟼 萎 味蔚蠀纬维蟼-味蔚蠀纬维蟼禄 蟿慰蠀 胃蠀渭蠈蟽慰蠁慰蠀 蔚位位畏谓喂魏慰蠉 位伪慰蠉 (畏 蟽蠀位位慰纬萎 未喂畏纬畏渭维蟿蠅谓 蟺蟻蠅蟿慰蔚魏未蠈胃畏魏蔚 蟿慰 1926) 魏伪喂 纬喂鈥� 伪蠀蟿蠈 魏伪蟿伪蟺喂维谓蔚蟿伪喂 渭蔚 魏维胃蔚 位慰纬萎蟼 渭蠀蟽蟿萎蟻喂伪 魏伪喂 蔚纬魏位萎渭伪蟿伪, 蔚蠀蠁维谓蟿伪蟽蟿伪 魏伪喂 渭畏, 蟿蔚位蔚蟽蠁蠈蟻伪 萎 渭畏.
螖蔚谓 苇蠂蔚喂 蟿畏 纬慰畏蟿蔚委伪 魏伪喂 蟿慰 蟺伪蟻维蟽蟿畏渭伪 蟿慰蠀 危苇蟻位慰魏 围慰位渭蟼, 未蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂 iconic 蟽伪谓 蟿慰谓 螚蟻伪魏位萎 螤慰蠀伪蟻蠈, 未蔚谓 魏伪蟺谓委味蔚喂 渭蔚喂位委蠂喂伪 蟿畏谓 蟺委蟺伪 蟿慰蠀 蟽伪谓 蟿慰谓 蔚蟺喂胃蔚蠅蟻畏蟿萎 螠伪喂纬魏蟻苇. 螘委谓伪喂 魏伪魏慰蟽慰蠀位慰蠉蟺蠅蟿慰蟼, 魏慰谓蟿蠈蠂慰谓蟿蟻慰蟼 魏伪喂 蠀蟺慰蟿慰谓喂魏蠈蟼 渭苇蠂蟻喂 谓伪蟻魏慰位畏蠄委伪蟼. 螘委谓伪喂 蠈渭蠅蟼 魏伪喂 慰 蟺喂慰 伪谓蔚蟺喂蟿萎未蔚蠀蟿慰蟼 位蠉蟿畏蟼 渭蠀蟽蟿畏蟻委蠅谓 蟺慰蠀 苇蠂蠅 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏维 蟽蠀谓伪谓蟿萎蟽蔚喂. 螠蔚 尾维蟽畏 苇谓伪谓 蟽蟿喂尾伪蟻蠈 魏伪喂 伪未喂伪蟺苇蟻伪蟽蟿慰 慰蟻胃慰位慰纬喂蟽渭蠈 慰 慰蟺慰委慰蟼 未蔚谓 蟺畏纬维味蔚喂 (渭蠈谓慰) 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏 胃蟻畏蟽魏蔚委伪, 蔚蟽蟿喂维味蔚喂 伪蟺蔚蠀胃蔚委伪蟼 蟽蟿伪 渭蠉蠂喂伪 蟿畏蟼 蠄蠀蠂萎蟼 魏伪喂 蟽蟿畏 纬蔚谓蔚蟽喂慰蠀蟻纬蠈 伪喂蟿委伪 蟺委蟽蠅 伪蟺蠈 魏维胃蔚 魏委谓畏蟿蟻慰.
韦伪蟺蔚喂谓蠈蟼, 伪渭萎蠂伪谓慰蟼 蟽蠂蔚未蠈谓 魏伪蟿维 蟿畏 未喂伪位蔚蠉魏伪谓蟽畏 蟿蠅 谓 渭蠀蟽蟿畏蟻委蠅谓, 未蔚 渭慰喂蟻维味蔚喂 伪蠁蔚喂未蠋蟼 蟽蟿慰渭蠁蠋未畏 伪蟺慰蠁胃苇纬渭伪蟿伪, 未蔚谓 蟺位伪魏蠋谓蔚喂 蟽蟿喂蟼 蠁维蟺蔚蟼 蔚蟺委未慰尉慰蠀蟼 蔚蠂胃蟻慰蠉蟼, 魏伪蟿慰蟻胃蠋谓蔚喂 蠈渭蠅蟼 谓伪 蟽蠀纬魏蟻慰蟿萎蟽蔚喂 渭喂伪 维魏蟻蠅蟼 蟽蠀渭蟺伪胃畏蟿喂魏萎 魏伪喂 -蟺伪蟻伪未蠈尉蠅蟼- 位慰纬慰蟿蔚蠂谓喂魏萎 蟺蔚蟻蟽蠈谓伪 畏 慰蟺慰委伪 魏伪胃蟻蔚蠁蟿委味蔚喂 蟿畏谓 魏慰蟽渭慰胃蔚蠅蟻委伪 魏伪喂 蟿慰 蟿伪位苇谓蟿慰 蟿慰蠀 韦蟽苇蟽蟿蔚蟻蟿慰谓, 伪蠀蟿维 蟺慰蠀 伪谓维纬魏伪蟽伪谓 蟿慰谓 芦蟺慰位蠉禄 螒谓蟿蠈谓喂慰 螕魏蟻维渭蟽喂 魏伪喂 慰位蠈魏位畏蟻慰 围蠈蟻蠂蔚 螞慰蠀喂蟼 螠蟺蠈蟻蠂蔚蟼 谓伪 蟿慰谓 蔚蟺伪喂谓苇蟽慰蠀谓 伪尾委伪蟽蟿伪.
螣 蟺伪蟿苇蟻伪蟼 螠蟺蟻维慰蠀谓 未蠀蟽蟺喂蟽蟿蔚委 伪蟺苇谓伪谓蟿喂 蟽蔚 蟺慰位位维: 蟽蟿畏谓 蟺蟻蠈慰未慰 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 蟺蟻蠈慰未慰, 蟽蟿伪 蔚蟺喂蠁伪谓蔚喂伪魏维 蟽蠀渭蟺蔚蟻维蟽渭伪蟿伪, 蟽蟿慰 未委魏伪喂慰 蟿慰蠀 喂蟽蠂蠀蟻慰蠉, 蟽蟿慰谓 蔚尉鈥� 伪谓伪蟿慰位维蟼 渭蠀蟽蟿喂魏喂蟽渭蠈-伪蟺慰魏蟻蠀蠁喂蟽渭蠈, 蟽蟿伪 纬喂伪位伪谓蟿味委 蟺伪蟻伪蠁蠀蟽喂魏维 蠁伪喂谓蠈渭蔚谓伪. 螌渭蠅蟼 畏 位慰纬喂魏萎, 慰 伪蟺伪纬蠅纬喂魏蠈蟼 蟽蠀位位慰纬喂蟽渭蠈蟼 魏伪喂 畏 伪谓伪魏蟻喂蟿喂魏萎 未喂蔚委蟽未蠀蟽畏, 蟿慰谓 慰未畏纬慰蠉谓 蟽蔚 伪蟽蠁伪位萎 蟽蠀渭蟺蔚蟻维蟽渭伪蟿伪, 蟿伪 慰蟺慰委伪 未喂伪谓胃委味蔚喂 渭蔚 苇谓伪 伪谓维位伪蠁蟻慰 蠂喂慰蠉渭慰蟻. 螤委蟽蠅 伪蟺蠈 伪蠀蟿蠈 魏蟻蠉尾蔚蟿伪喂 维位位蠅蟽蟿蔚 魏伪喂 未喂维胃蔚蟽畏 蟿慰蠀 韦蟽苇蟽蟿蔚蟻蟿慰谓 纬喂伪 蟺伪蟻蠅未委伪 蟺慰位位蠋谓 蠀蟺蔚蟻尾慰位喂魏蠋谓 伪蟽蟿蠀谓慰渭喂魏蠋谓 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿慰蟻畏渭维蟿蠅谓 蟿伪 慰蟺慰委伪 蠀蟺蔚蟻尾维位位慰蠀谓 蟿蠈蟽慰 蠅蟼 蟺蟻慰蟼 蟿畏 未蟻维蟽畏, 蠈蟽慰 魏伪喂 蟽蟿喂蟼 伪位位蔚蟺维位位畏位蔚蟼, 尾蔚尾喂伪蟽渭苇谓蔚蟼 伪谓伪蟿蟻慰蟺苇蟼.
螠喂伪 维魏蟻蠅蟼 伪尉喂蠈位慰纬畏 魏伪喂 蟺蟻蠅蟿蠈蟿蠀蟺畏 蟽蠀位位慰纬萎 未喂畏纬畏渭维蟿蠅谓, 畏 慰蟺慰委伪 未蔚 胃伪 蟽伪蟼 蟽蠀纬魏位慰谓委蟽蔚喂 (蟺蔚蟻委渭蔚谓伪 魏维蟿喂 蟺伪蟻伪蟺维谓蠅 蟽蟿慰 蠄蠀蠂慰纬蟻伪蠁喂魏蠈/畏胃慰纬蟻伪蠁喂魏蠈 蟺蔚未委慰), 伪位位维 蟿慰蟺慰胃蔚蟿畏渭苇谓畏 蟽蟿慰 喂蟽蟿慰蟻喂魏蠈 魏伪喂 位慰纬慰蟿蔚蠂谓喂魏蠈 蟿畏蟼 蟽蠀纬魏蔚委渭蔚谓慰, 未委谓蔚喂 伪蟻魏蔚蟿萎 蟿蟻慰蠁萎 纬喂伪 蟽魏苇蠄畏. 螘尉伪喂蟻蔚蟿喂魏萎 (魏伪喂 渭蔚 伪尉喂蠈位慰纬慰 蔚蟺委渭蔚蟿蟻慰) 畏 苇魏未慰蟽畏 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 芦螠维纬渭伪禄, 蟽蔚 蟽畏渭蔚委慰 蟺慰蠀 蟽蔚 魏维谓蔚喂 谓伪 伪蟺慰蟻蔚委蟼 渭蔚 魏维蟺慰喂慰蠀蟼 渭蔚纬维位慰蠀蟼 蔚魏未慰蟿喂魏慰蠉蟼.
November 2, 2024
Good heavens, what a dull time Father Brown must have had on the American continent ;)
April 23, 2020
螣魏蟿蠋 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼 渭蠀蟽蟿畏蟻委慰蠀 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 蟺维蟿蔚蟻 螠蟺蟻维慰蠀谓 蟺慰蠀 蟽蟿慰 魏蔚蠁维位喂 渭慰蠀 蟺萎蟻蔚 蟽维蟻魏伪 魏伪喂 慰蟽蟿维 蟽伪谓 蟿慰谓 危苇蟻位慰魏 围慰位渭蟼 渭蔚 蟻维蟽伪, 螝伪胃蔚渭委伪 伪蟺蠈 伪蠀蟿苇蟼 位蠉谓蔚蟿伪喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 蟽蠀渭蟺伪胃萎 魏位畏蟻喂魏蠈 魏蠀蟻委蠅蟼 位蠈纬蠅 蟿畏蟼 慰尉蠀未苇蟻魏蔚喂伪蟼 魏伪喂 蟿畏蟼 喂魏伪谓蠈蟿畏蟿维蟼 蟿慰蠀 谓伪 蟺伪蟻伪蟿畏蟻蔚委 魏伪喂 谓伪 蔚魏位慰纬喂魏蔚蠉蔚喂 蟿伪 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚委伪 蟺慰蠀 魏维胃蔚 蠁慰蟻维 苇蠂蔚喂 蟽蟿畏 未喂维胃蔚蟽萎 蟿慰蠀.
螌位蔚蟼 慰喂 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼 蟺慰谓蟿维蟻慰蠀谓 蟽蟿慰 蠄蠀蠂慰位慰纬喂魏蠈 魏伪喂 伪谓伪位蠀蟿喂魏蠈 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚委慰 魏伪喂 魏伪胃蠈位慰蠀 蟽蟿畏 未蟻维蟽畏. 螝伪喂 萎蟿伪谓 蔚蠀蠂维蟻喂蟽蟿慰 蟺慰蠀 纬喂伪 渭喂伪 蠁慰蟻维, 畏 位蠉蟽畏 未委谓蔚蟿伪喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿喂蟼 萎蟻蔚渭蔚蟼 未蠀谓维渭蔚喂蟼, 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 蟺慰位位萎 蔚蟺喂蟿畏未蔚蠀渭苇谓畏 未蟻维蟽畏.
螘蠀蠂维蟻喂蟽蟿慰 伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽渭伪 蟽蟿喂蟼 渭苇蟻蔚蟼 蟿畏蟼 魏伪蟻伪谓蟿委谓伪蟼.
螌位蔚蟼 慰喂 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼 蟺慰谓蟿维蟻慰蠀谓 蟽蟿慰 蠄蠀蠂慰位慰纬喂魏蠈 魏伪喂 伪谓伪位蠀蟿喂魏蠈 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚委慰 魏伪喂 魏伪胃蠈位慰蠀 蟽蟿畏 未蟻维蟽畏. 螝伪喂 萎蟿伪谓 蔚蠀蠂维蟻喂蟽蟿慰 蟺慰蠀 纬喂伪 渭喂伪 蠁慰蟻维, 畏 位蠉蟽畏 未委谓蔚蟿伪喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿喂蟼 萎蟻蔚渭蔚蟼 未蠀谓维渭蔚喂蟼, 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 蟺慰位位萎 蔚蟺喂蟿畏未蔚蠀渭苇谓畏 未蟻维蟽畏.
螘蠀蠂维蟻喂蟽蟿慰 伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽渭伪 蟽蟿喂蟼 渭苇蟻蔚蟼 蟿畏蟼 魏伪蟻伪谓蟿委谓伪蟼.
March 5, 2021
鈥淭o every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven鈥�.
Thus we can read in the book of Ecclesiastes, and there is justice in these words for if ever there be a time and a season for pseudo-philosophical waffle revolving, in countless tedious variations around the same topic, or for pompous prose which is occasionally brightened by a witty statement, more remarkable for its rarity than for its brilliance, then surely this will be the time and season for Gilbert Keith Chesterton and his amateur detective Father Brown because the two of them will serve this purpose best and impress a smug face on the bland surface of boredom.
I did not particularly enjoy the first volume of Father Brown鈥檚 adventures, and I can鈥檛 really say why I bothered to pick up the volume The Incredulity of Father Brown, except maybe that the titles of the stories sound very mysterious and promising. Who would not think of something portentous when reading the words The Oracle of the Dog, or of something memorable at sight of The Curse of the Golden Cross? But rest assured that Chesterton is a cheat: He will lure you into reading a story by giving it a title that tickles your imagination only as an excuse for edifying you with his religious views and spoon-feeding you with bits of awkwardly devised story-telling. His characters are puppets on strings that can be seen from miles away, his plots are repetitive and far-fetched [1], and the only thing that seems to matter to Chesterton is to hammer home his message, a message I ironically agree with, namely that so-called atheists and materialists are far from being religious in that they are ready to jump at any superstition or scientific theory as a stand-in for the rejected belief in God. You can see this in our day and age when the indisputable phenomenon of climate change has turned from a challenge that has to be addressed by the use of human ingenuity into an ersatz religion for lots of people, with Friday being their day for attending their particular service. Nevertheless, for all the truth that there may be in Chesterton鈥檚 premise, it is still very tiring to see every single story in this collection boil down to that kind of truism, which is handed down in an annoyingly self-complacent tone. Sooner or later the preacher and the dinner table philosopher will take over and hijack the poorly written story with his avuncular maunderings. It got so much on my nerves after a while that if I ever ran into Father Brown in real life, I would probably force him to swallow the umbrella he always carries along with him and then open it up at the last moment in order to give him some more tangible cause for his hitherto merely moral inflation.
You have to give it to this book, though, that the boredom it may cause does not exactly benumb the reader鈥檚 mind but can also stimulate it as my last suggestion showed: Reading it, I rather feel like writing a book myself. A self-help book along the lines of Twenty Ways of How to Help a Man Become a More Likeable Person with His Own Umbrella.
[1] In one story, for instance, he expects us to believe that three tramps team up to kill a man who insulted them donkey鈥檚 years ago, and commit their crime in a most roundabout way.
Thus we can read in the book of Ecclesiastes, and there is justice in these words for if ever there be a time and a season for pseudo-philosophical waffle revolving, in countless tedious variations around the same topic, or for pompous prose which is occasionally brightened by a witty statement, more remarkable for its rarity than for its brilliance, then surely this will be the time and season for Gilbert Keith Chesterton and his amateur detective Father Brown because the two of them will serve this purpose best and impress a smug face on the bland surface of boredom.
I did not particularly enjoy the first volume of Father Brown鈥檚 adventures, and I can鈥檛 really say why I bothered to pick up the volume The Incredulity of Father Brown, except maybe that the titles of the stories sound very mysterious and promising. Who would not think of something portentous when reading the words The Oracle of the Dog, or of something memorable at sight of The Curse of the Golden Cross? But rest assured that Chesterton is a cheat: He will lure you into reading a story by giving it a title that tickles your imagination only as an excuse for edifying you with his religious views and spoon-feeding you with bits of awkwardly devised story-telling. His characters are puppets on strings that can be seen from miles away, his plots are repetitive and far-fetched [1], and the only thing that seems to matter to Chesterton is to hammer home his message, a message I ironically agree with, namely that so-called atheists and materialists are far from being religious in that they are ready to jump at any superstition or scientific theory as a stand-in for the rejected belief in God. You can see this in our day and age when the indisputable phenomenon of climate change has turned from a challenge that has to be addressed by the use of human ingenuity into an ersatz religion for lots of people, with Friday being their day for attending their particular service. Nevertheless, for all the truth that there may be in Chesterton鈥檚 premise, it is still very tiring to see every single story in this collection boil down to that kind of truism, which is handed down in an annoyingly self-complacent tone. Sooner or later the preacher and the dinner table philosopher will take over and hijack the poorly written story with his avuncular maunderings. It got so much on my nerves after a while that if I ever ran into Father Brown in real life, I would probably force him to swallow the umbrella he always carries along with him and then open it up at the last moment in order to give him some more tangible cause for his hitherto merely moral inflation.
You have to give it to this book, though, that the boredom it may cause does not exactly benumb the reader鈥檚 mind but can also stimulate it as my last suggestion showed: Reading it, I rather feel like writing a book myself. A self-help book along the lines of Twenty Ways of How to Help a Man Become a More Likeable Person with His Own Umbrella.
[1] In one story, for instance, he expects us to believe that three tramps team up to kill a man who insulted them donkey鈥檚 years ago, and commit their crime in a most roundabout way.
February 9, 2013
While The Innocence of Father Brown and The Wisdom of Father Brown contain more spritely stories, by is still worthy of a closer look. If one goes to the Father Brown stories expecting to find more traditional whodunits, perhaps in the style of Arthur Conan Doyle or Richard Austin Freeman, he or she will be perplexed and disappointed. To begin with, Father Brown has no particular interest in seeing the guilty party being led to judgment. There are, in fact, no trials in these stories; and one is equally likely to see Father Brown passing heavier judgment on the victims than on the murderers.
In The Incredulity of Father Brown, all the stories involve murders. We find the usual Chesterton "moral landscape" -- in which the author paints a picture of nature somehow mirroring the fact that something is very wrong. A good example is this descriptive paragraph from "The Dagger with Wings":
As he wrote in 1930 in the Illustrated London News, "[t]he essence of a mystery tale is that we are suddenly confronted with a truth which we have never suspected and yet can see to be true." And that is what the Father Brown stories are all about.
In The Incredulity of Father Brown, all the stories involve murders. We find the usual Chesterton "moral landscape" -- in which the author paints a picture of nature somehow mirroring the fact that something is very wrong. A good example is this descriptive paragraph from "The Dagger with Wings":
The rolling country round the little town was sealed and bound with frost, and the sky was as clear and cold as steel except in the north-east, where clouds with lurid haloes were beginning to climb up the sky. It was against these darker and more sinister colours that the house on the hill gleamed with a row of pale pillars, forming a short colonnade of the classical sort. A winding road led up to it across the curve of the down, and plunged into a mass of dark bushes. Just before it reached the bushes, the air seemed to grow colder and colder, as if he were approaching an icehouse or the North Pole.By the time he solves the mystery, which he does, as is usual with him, with his lightning intuition, the priest wends his way back down the hill -- but the ominous quality is all gone, because the moral Gordian knot has been cut by the Father Brown's intellect:
When the priest went forth again and set his face homeward, the cold had grown more intense and yet was somehow intoxicating. The trees stood up like silver candelabra of some incredibly cold Candlemas of purification.Perhaps the best and most typical story in the collection is "The Doom of the Darnaways," in which a painting with a grim prediction has cast a pall of gloom over succeeding generations of an old English family:
In the seventh heir I shall return,The action is set in a half-ruined estate bordering the sea (with one of the best examples of Chesterton's moral landscapes). Fortunately, the little priest is there to unravel the skeins of gloom that are draped on this grim household.
In the seventh hour I shall depart,
None in that hour shall hold my hand,
And woe to her that holds my heart.
As he wrote in 1930 in the Illustrated London News, "[t]he essence of a mystery tale is that we are suddenly confronted with a truth which we have never suspected and yet can see to be true." And that is what the Father Brown stories are all about.
December 13, 2020
Pi霉 tre stelline e mezzo che quattro.
La raccolta contiene racconti con atmosfere da romanzo gotico, oscuri e lugubri palazzi dalle stanze buie e misteriose, costruzioni senza finestre, cripte sotterranee. Ma alla fine trionfa la limpidezza del buon senso e della logica di padre Brown, come una luce che illumina un cielo al crepuscolo.
I miei racconti preferiti:
Il miracolo di Moon Crescent
La fine dei Darnaway
Il pugnale con le ali
La raccolta contiene racconti con atmosfere da romanzo gotico, oscuri e lugubri palazzi dalle stanze buie e misteriose, costruzioni senza finestre, cripte sotterranee. Ma alla fine trionfa la limpidezza del buon senso e della logica di padre Brown, come una luce che illumina un cielo al crepuscolo.
I miei racconti preferiti:
Il miracolo di Moon Crescent
La fine dei Darnaway
Il pugnale con le ali
August 9, 2018
I love Father Brown stories so muuuch! I remember reading all of the books in 2016 in one go (the short stories of course) and it was so exciting and clever; I was thinking about them for ages afterwards!
October 10, 2022
Realmente 3.5 猸�
Muy entretenidas las tres historias y bastante adictivas. Para ser mi primera toma de contacto con Chesterton estoy bastante satisfecha.
Me han gustado mucho las reflexiones sociol贸gicas del Padre Brown. 馃憣馃憤馃徎
Muy recomendado leerlo como lectura ligera para no pensar despu茅s de alguna lectura m谩s pesada o como lectura de una tarde.
Muy entretenidas las tres historias y bastante adictivas. Para ser mi primera toma de contacto con Chesterton estoy bastante satisfecha.
Me han gustado mucho las reflexiones sociol贸gicas del Padre Brown. 馃憣馃憤馃徎
Muy recomendado leerlo como lectura ligera para no pensar despu茅s de alguna lectura m谩s pesada o como lectura de una tarde.
May 15, 2023
True to its title, this collection of stories by G.K Chesterton, featuring the humdrum but uncannily wise Father Brown as an unlikely sleuth of many an errant soul, is truly incredulous and audacious. Each story pushes the boundaries of logic and reason and each story has a truly surreal and even wildly, recklessly imaginative conspiracy or plot at its crux. That said, this is not only intentional but also skilfully contrived on the part of an author who was known, for lack of a better description, as the Prince of Paradox, a writer whose works revealed the central paradox evident in both morality and crime and whose strict but always candid adherence to his faith also led him to examine these ideas through a uniquely Catholic prism.
"The Incredulity of Father Brown" takes its titular priest and detective beyond the boundaries of his home land and a good number of the stories in this collection see him in the alienating milieu of America, the New World reigned by cutthroat capitalism and shallow materialism, two things that Chesterton, summoning all his satirical skill, critiques sharply without ever dimming his elegant English wit. Many of the characters, be it victims of heinous, even devilish crimes and conspiracies or their very perpetrators, are either greedy businessmen who care for little more than their vested interests or hypocrites and fanatics who are unshakable in their false convictions. To both, Father Brown stands as a perfect foil, a wise, genial, mostly mild-mannered but also wry-witted Englishman lamenting the moral and ethical decline of virtues across a world changing quickly with the turn of the new century and its new inventions and also presenting, coolly, his deductions of the crimes and inexplicable affairs as utterly plausible conclusions rooted more in pragmatism rather than superstition.
And thus, Chesterton is also able to deconstruct the idea of Father Brown as a priest and a representative of a faith; he puts the Catholic sleuth in the proper perspective of a man not misled by superstitions or bogus belief but rather a firm sense of belief in the tenets of his faith as well as the twisted but plausible rationalism of people, their motives and actions. This is what makes this little priest, with his broad hat and round features, such an astute inquisitor, albeit gentlemanly and empathetic, of the civilised world's fall from grace. His investigation and inquest of these crimes, which might sound shocking and sensational, the stuff of almost fantasies and lurid fiction, reveals his keen and candid understanding of the depths of decadence and immorality that the world of men can fall too, especially in view of a changing social and cultural atmosphere set in motion by the change of the century.
That does not mean, though, that these stories are merely didactic. Instead, this is a Catholic author, like Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh and C.S Lewis, in the sense of an author who explored the dimensions and facets of his faith ardently but critically, who also believed in having his share of fun and laughter. The stories in this collection are indeed dark and even morbid but Chesterton enlivens proceedings skilfully by an abundance of his snappy wit, his skill for rendering characters with whimsy and mystery and his writing, which was both light-hearted and tense, both satirical and suspenseful at the same time. These eight stories, of which I have many favourites now to think of and revisit again and again, are once again a testament to the ingenuity and intelligence of one of the twentieth century's most compulsive, imaginative and thought-provoking storytellers.
"The Incredulity of Father Brown" takes its titular priest and detective beyond the boundaries of his home land and a good number of the stories in this collection see him in the alienating milieu of America, the New World reigned by cutthroat capitalism and shallow materialism, two things that Chesterton, summoning all his satirical skill, critiques sharply without ever dimming his elegant English wit. Many of the characters, be it victims of heinous, even devilish crimes and conspiracies or their very perpetrators, are either greedy businessmen who care for little more than their vested interests or hypocrites and fanatics who are unshakable in their false convictions. To both, Father Brown stands as a perfect foil, a wise, genial, mostly mild-mannered but also wry-witted Englishman lamenting the moral and ethical decline of virtues across a world changing quickly with the turn of the new century and its new inventions and also presenting, coolly, his deductions of the crimes and inexplicable affairs as utterly plausible conclusions rooted more in pragmatism rather than superstition.
And thus, Chesterton is also able to deconstruct the idea of Father Brown as a priest and a representative of a faith; he puts the Catholic sleuth in the proper perspective of a man not misled by superstitions or bogus belief but rather a firm sense of belief in the tenets of his faith as well as the twisted but plausible rationalism of people, their motives and actions. This is what makes this little priest, with his broad hat and round features, such an astute inquisitor, albeit gentlemanly and empathetic, of the civilised world's fall from grace. His investigation and inquest of these crimes, which might sound shocking and sensational, the stuff of almost fantasies and lurid fiction, reveals his keen and candid understanding of the depths of decadence and immorality that the world of men can fall too, especially in view of a changing social and cultural atmosphere set in motion by the change of the century.
That does not mean, though, that these stories are merely didactic. Instead, this is a Catholic author, like Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh and C.S Lewis, in the sense of an author who explored the dimensions and facets of his faith ardently but critically, who also believed in having his share of fun and laughter. The stories in this collection are indeed dark and even morbid but Chesterton enlivens proceedings skilfully by an abundance of his snappy wit, his skill for rendering characters with whimsy and mystery and his writing, which was both light-hearted and tense, both satirical and suspenseful at the same time. These eight stories, of which I have many favourites now to think of and revisit again and again, are once again a testament to the ingenuity and intelligence of one of the twentieth century's most compulsive, imaginative and thought-provoking storytellers.
March 14, 2021
螣喂 蔚魏未蠈蟽蔚喂蟼 螠维纬渭伪 苇蠂慰蠀谓 尾纬维位蔚喂 苇谓伪 蟺慰喂慰蟿喂魏蠈 魏伪喂 蠈渭慰蟻蠁慰 尾喂尾位委慰 蠈渭蠅蟼 慰喂 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼 蟽蠀谓慰位喂魏维 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺慰位蠉 伪谓喂伪蟻苇蟼!
螖蔚谓 蟺慰位蠀 伪谓伪位蠉蔚蟿伪喂 慰 蟺伪蟿萎蟻 渭蟺蟻维慰蠀谓 , 纬喂伪 谓伪 魏伪蟿伪位伪尾伪委谓慰蠀渭蔚 蟺蠅蟼 魏伪蟿伪位萎纬蔚喂 蟽蟿畏 位蠉蟽畏 蟿蠅谓 蠁蠈谓蠅谓.
危蟿喂蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼 蟺伪蟻慰蠀蟽喂维味慰谓蟿伪喂 蠀蟺蔚蟻尾慰位喂魏维 蟺慰位位维 维蟿慰渭伪 蟿伪 慰蟺慰委伪 未蔚谓 苇蠂慰蠀谓 魏维蟺慰喂慰 蟻蠈位慰 蟽蟿慰 蠁蠈谓慰 萎 蟽蟿畏谓 蔚尉苇位喂尉畏 蟿慰蠀 渭蠀蟽蟿畏蟻委慰蠀 纬蔚谓喂魏蠈蟿蔚蟻伪 渭蔚 伪蟺慰蟿苇位蔚蟽渭伪 慰 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽蟿畏蟼 谓伪 渭蟺蔚蟻未蔚蠉蔚蟿伪喂 渭蔚 伪蠀蟿维 蟺慰蠀 未喂伪尾维味蔚喂 魏伪喂 蟽蟿慰 蟿苇位慰蟼 谓伪 渭畏谓 蟿慰谓 蔚尉蠀蟺畏蟻蔚蟿蔚委 蟽蔚 蟿委蟺慰蟿伪.
( 螇蟿伪谓 蟽蠂蔚蟿喂魏维 魏伪位苇蟼 慰喂 1畏 , 2畏 , 3畏 魏伪喂 7畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼 )
螖蔚谓 蟺慰位蠀 伪谓伪位蠉蔚蟿伪喂 慰 蟺伪蟿萎蟻 渭蟺蟻维慰蠀谓 , 纬喂伪 谓伪 魏伪蟿伪位伪尾伪委谓慰蠀渭蔚 蟺蠅蟼 魏伪蟿伪位萎纬蔚喂 蟽蟿畏 位蠉蟽畏 蟿蠅谓 蠁蠈谓蠅谓.
危蟿喂蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼 蟺伪蟻慰蠀蟽喂维味慰谓蟿伪喂 蠀蟺蔚蟻尾慰位喂魏维 蟺慰位位维 维蟿慰渭伪 蟿伪 慰蟺慰委伪 未蔚谓 苇蠂慰蠀谓 魏维蟺慰喂慰 蟻蠈位慰 蟽蟿慰 蠁蠈谓慰 萎 蟽蟿畏谓 蔚尉苇位喂尉畏 蟿慰蠀 渭蠀蟽蟿畏蟻委慰蠀 纬蔚谓喂魏蠈蟿蔚蟻伪 渭蔚 伪蟺慰蟿苇位蔚蟽渭伪 慰 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽蟿畏蟼 谓伪 渭蟺蔚蟻未蔚蠉蔚蟿伪喂 渭蔚 伪蠀蟿维 蟺慰蠀 未喂伪尾维味蔚喂 魏伪喂 蟽蟿慰 蟿苇位慰蟼 谓伪 渭畏谓 蟿慰谓 蔚尉蠀蟺畏蟻蔚蟿蔚委 蟽蔚 蟿委蟺慰蟿伪.
( 螇蟿伪谓 蟽蠂蔚蟿喂魏维 魏伪位苇蟼 慰喂 1畏 , 2畏 , 3畏 魏伪喂 7畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼 )
December 21, 2010
For whatever reason I didn鈥檛 get along that well with the previous collection featuring Mr Chesterton鈥檚 ecclesiastical detective 鈥� 鈥楾he Wisdom of Father Brown鈥�. I thought as I read the tales that they were somewhat laborious and lacking in substance. As such I鈥檝e been pleasantly surprised at how much I鈥檝e enjoyed the subsequent volume 鈥� 鈥楾he Incredulity of Father Brown鈥�. I can鈥檛 tell without reading them again back to back whether one volume is genuinely more fun than the other, or whether it was the case that I was just in the wrong mood last time, but I have been decidedly pleased with the eight stories in this collection.
The format remains unaltered: Father Brown finds himself involved in a case which seems to have a supernatural element, and whilst solving it bats away the preternatural part while simultaneously reaffirming how strong and true Catholicism is. (Chesterton was always a writer wedded to his faith). But within that format there鈥檚 room for variety; so here we have family curses, gothic tales, a musing on Capitalism versus Bolshevism and a very nice line in locked room mysteries. There鈥檚 even a tale where Father Brown becomes a celebrity sleuth in the mould of Sherlock Holmes thanks to these very stories.
What really makes them shine though is Chesterton鈥檚 wit and the quality of his prose, the aspects (along with his size and shape) which made him such a literary celebrity in the early Twentieth Century. Here, as an example, is the opening sentence of the second story in this collection, 'The Arrow of Heaven': "It is to be feared that about a hundred detective stories have begun with the discovery that an American millionaire has been murdered; an event which is, for some reason, treated as a sort of calamity." A line I liked so much that I quoted it on this site about fifteen minutes after I read it.
It鈥檚 a volume to dip into rather than take on a long train journey. I imagine reading them all in a day or so would prove rather repetitive, but taken in moderation each one is a lovely, sweet treat.
The format remains unaltered: Father Brown finds himself involved in a case which seems to have a supernatural element, and whilst solving it bats away the preternatural part while simultaneously reaffirming how strong and true Catholicism is. (Chesterton was always a writer wedded to his faith). But within that format there鈥檚 room for variety; so here we have family curses, gothic tales, a musing on Capitalism versus Bolshevism and a very nice line in locked room mysteries. There鈥檚 even a tale where Father Brown becomes a celebrity sleuth in the mould of Sherlock Holmes thanks to these very stories.
What really makes them shine though is Chesterton鈥檚 wit and the quality of his prose, the aspects (along with his size and shape) which made him such a literary celebrity in the early Twentieth Century. Here, as an example, is the opening sentence of the second story in this collection, 'The Arrow of Heaven': "It is to be feared that about a hundred detective stories have begun with the discovery that an American millionaire has been murdered; an event which is, for some reason, treated as a sort of calamity." A line I liked so much that I quoted it on this site about fifteen minutes after I read it.
It鈥檚 a volume to dip into rather than take on a long train journey. I imagine reading them all in a day or so would prove rather repetitive, but taken in moderation each one is a lovely, sweet treat.
August 18, 2016
This collection of crime short stories makes for a fascinating read. Father Brown is an unusual but great choice for a detective.
All the stories carry a supernatural element and Father Brown dislodges superstitious beliefs and solves crimes. My only grudge
with Father Brown is that he never saves the victim who comes to him for help but it's always a post murder whodunnit.
Forewarning, Chesterton's writing is laborious. It is difficult to read more than a story in one sitting.
All the stories carry a supernatural element and Father Brown dislodges superstitious beliefs and solves crimes. My only grudge
with Father Brown is that he never saves the victim who comes to him for help but it's always a post murder whodunnit.
Forewarning, Chesterton's writing is laborious. It is difficult to read more than a story in one sitting.
May 26, 2022
My favorite group of Father Brown short stories. I enjoyed the spooky settings and supernatural elements that accompanied the classic twist and turns of murder mystery.
February 15, 2025
Zo鈥檔 eeuw geleden schreef Chesterton de misdaadverhalen met de priester Father Brown in de hoofdrol. Ik herinner me dat mijn vader een fan van hem was. Hij had zelf de opleiding tot priester gevolgd. Father Brown is sterk in zijn waarnemingen en in zijn redeneringen. Als rijke miljonairs worden vermoord, zijn kennelijk favoriete slachtoffers, heeft hij oog voor weersomstandigheden, voor onverwachte windvlagen, voor schijnbare toevalligheden. Je verbaast je dan als lezer over de spitsvondigheid van zijn oplossingen. Het plezier van het lezen komt vooral ook door de humor, het Britse van de kleine in het zwart geklede man met zijn onafscheidelijke paraplu. In het Nederlands vertaald als 鈥楩ather Brown laat zich niet foppen鈥�.
March 13, 2021
螤慰位蠉 魏慰蠀蟻伪蟽蟿喂魏蠈, 蟿慰 蟺伪蟻维蟿畏蟽伪 蟽蟿伪 渭喂蟽维.
违蟺蔚蟻尾慰位喂魏维 蟺慰位位慰委 萎蟻蠅蔚蟼 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 位蠈纬慰 魏伪喂 慰蠀蟽委伪.
违蟺蔚蟻尾慰位喂魏维 蟺慰位位慰委 萎蟻蠅蔚蟼 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 位蠈纬慰 魏伪喂 慰蠀蟽委伪.
May 25, 2018
De camino a un cumplea帽os, decid铆 pasarme por una librer铆a de segunda mano para echar un vistazo. Como llevaba ya alg煤n tiempo queriendo leer algo de Chesterton y su sensacional Padre Brown, una sonrisa de triunfo se dibuj贸 en mi cara al verlo en una de las estanter铆as 鈥攅ntendedlo, es un libro relativamente peque帽o y estaba en una secci贸n equivocada, por lo que fue toda una casualidad (y encima, a un precio casi regalado)鈥�.
Al principio pens茅 que el t铆tulo que le pusieron a modo de hilo conductor estaba un poco cogido con pinzas; hasta que comprend铆 de qu茅 se trataba. Todos los casos tienen en com煤n la superstici贸n y el c贸mo el protagonista llaga a la soluci贸n sin desviarse del razonamiento l贸gico y su vasto conocimiento sobre la mente humana (tantos a帽os escuchando a los feligreses tras la rejilla del confesionario, surtieron efecto).
La prosa de Chesterton juega muy bien con las met谩foras, pero sin hacerse en absoluto cargante. Todos los relatos se devoran a una velocidad pasmosa y dejan un buen sabor de boca. Sabe perfectamente en qu茅 puntos ir al grano y en cuales detenerse, extenderse en alguna descripci贸n o dejar que los personajes muevan la historia. La caracterizaci贸n tambi茅n fue algo que me conquist贸. El 茅nfasis en los rasgos m谩s caracter铆sticos de las v铆ctimas o los sospechosos, hac铆a muy f谩cil no perderse cuando llegaba alg煤n torrente de nombres.
Espero poder leer m谩s aventuras del sacerdote, sobre todo en ingl茅s.
Al principio pens茅 que el t铆tulo que le pusieron a modo de hilo conductor estaba un poco cogido con pinzas; hasta que comprend铆 de qu茅 se trataba. Todos los casos tienen en com煤n la superstici贸n y el c贸mo el protagonista llaga a la soluci贸n sin desviarse del razonamiento l贸gico y su vasto conocimiento sobre la mente humana (tantos a帽os escuchando a los feligreses tras la rejilla del confesionario, surtieron efecto).
La prosa de Chesterton juega muy bien con las met谩foras, pero sin hacerse en absoluto cargante. Todos los relatos se devoran a una velocidad pasmosa y dejan un buen sabor de boca. Sabe perfectamente en qu茅 puntos ir al grano y en cuales detenerse, extenderse en alguna descripci贸n o dejar que los personajes muevan la historia. La caracterizaci贸n tambi茅n fue algo que me conquist贸. El 茅nfasis en los rasgos m谩s caracter铆sticos de las v铆ctimas o los sospechosos, hac铆a muy f谩cil no perderse cuando llegaba alg煤n torrente de nombres.
Espero poder leer m谩s aventuras del sacerdote, sobre todo en ingl茅s.
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January 25, 2019Bom dia leitores, hoje venho falar da minha experi锚ncia na leitura do primeiro volume da saga de Father Brown/ Padre Brown.
Tenho acompanhado a s茅rie na televis茫o e tenho gostado - espero que passem a temporada 6 -, mas ainda n茫o tinha lido os livros. Ali谩s, s贸 soube que a s茅rie era inspirada em livros muito depois de a ter come莽ado a ver.
Quem ainda n茫o conhece a s茅rie ou os livros bastar谩 imaginar as paisagem brit芒nicas, um padre de sotaina, chap茅u, guarda-chuva e a sua fiel bicicleta. Um padre que foge ao tradicional e que adora desvendar crimes e mist茅rios. Estando sempre no s铆tio certo 脿 hora certa.
S茫o hist贸rias muito ao estilo de Agatha Christie, sem sangue, muito mist茅rio e solu莽玫es extraordin谩rias.
Assim, depois de 5 temporadas de Padre Brown, li o primeiro volume dos livros. Pensei que fossem hist贸rias grandes mas n茫o, afinal, cada livro cont茅m v谩rios epis贸dios. Este primeiro apresenta oito hist贸rias, oito crimes resolvidos pelo padre Brown.
Devo confessar que ainda n茫o estou rendida 脿 escrita do autor. Pela primeira vez prefiro, n茫o o filme, mas a s茅rie ao livro. A s茅rie est谩 composta por alguns amigos do padre que o v茫o ajudando e que trazem carisma 脿s hist贸rias, s茫o elas Sid, Mtrs. MacCartney, Boney, Lady Felicia, e o inspector.
Continua莽茫o e classifica莽茫o:
Tenho acompanhado a s茅rie na televis茫o e tenho gostado - espero que passem a temporada 6 -, mas ainda n茫o tinha lido os livros. Ali谩s, s贸 soube que a s茅rie era inspirada em livros muito depois de a ter come莽ado a ver.
Quem ainda n茫o conhece a s茅rie ou os livros bastar谩 imaginar as paisagem brit芒nicas, um padre de sotaina, chap茅u, guarda-chuva e a sua fiel bicicleta. Um padre que foge ao tradicional e que adora desvendar crimes e mist茅rios. Estando sempre no s铆tio certo 脿 hora certa.
S茫o hist贸rias muito ao estilo de Agatha Christie, sem sangue, muito mist茅rio e solu莽玫es extraordin谩rias.
Assim, depois de 5 temporadas de Padre Brown, li o primeiro volume dos livros. Pensei que fossem hist贸rias grandes mas n茫o, afinal, cada livro cont茅m v谩rios epis贸dios. Este primeiro apresenta oito hist贸rias, oito crimes resolvidos pelo padre Brown.
Devo confessar que ainda n茫o estou rendida 脿 escrita do autor. Pela primeira vez prefiro, n茫o o filme, mas a s茅rie ao livro. A s茅rie est谩 composta por alguns amigos do padre que o v茫o ajudando e que trazem carisma 脿s hist贸rias, s茫o elas Sid, Mtrs. MacCartney, Boney, Lady Felicia, e o inspector.
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February 4, 2012
Starts exciting with Father Brown in a tropical village, recovering from his own "murder", then degenerates into quasi-philosphical maunderings.
November 17, 2024
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Finish date: 17.11.2024
Genre: 8 stories
Rating: A++
#Classic Short Stories
Good News: I've fallen under the spell of a man, round face blank with surprise, short-sighted in a rusty-black clerical garb.
I loved every mystery and awaited the clairon call of Fr. Brown repeted in every chapter: : "nonsense". Fr Brown, whose business is to believe in things.... admits he is doubtful, noncommittal,. That makes the stories so enjoyable...the irony of an agnostic priest (...aka the keenest of sleuths).
Bad News: Nothing to mention...the book was sheer delight!
Personal: I've seen Father Brown series on the TV but never stopped to watch it. Now I know what I've been missing. These stories have everything: ghosts, secret staircases, concealed weapons, suspect confessing to a crime that never was committed., a clairvoyant dog, Father Brown and some very nice wine....and a string of rosary beads!
#MustRead Classic
Finish date: 17.11.2024
Genre: 8 stories
Rating: A++
#Classic Short Stories
Good News: I've fallen under the spell of a man, round face blank with surprise, short-sighted in a rusty-black clerical garb.
I loved every mystery and awaited the clairon call of Fr. Brown repeted in every chapter: : "nonsense". Fr Brown, whose business is to believe in things.... admits he is doubtful, noncommittal,. That makes the stories so enjoyable...the irony of an agnostic priest (...aka the keenest of sleuths).
Bad News: Nothing to mention...the book was sheer delight!
Personal: I've seen Father Brown series on the TV but never stopped to watch it. Now I know what I've been missing. These stories have everything: ghosts, secret staircases, concealed weapons, suspect confessing to a crime that never was committed., a clairvoyant dog, Father Brown and some very nice wine....and a string of rosary beads!
#MustRead Classic
April 29, 2020
This set of stories featuring Father Brown was great fun! The majority of the stories have Father Brown in the US, and all of them feature Brown's signature umbrella and steel trap mind! Standouts in this collection include The Arrow of Heaven and The Oracle of the Dog. The Curse of the Golden Cross is a little long in the telling, but the climax is well worth it!
June 5, 2020
Alles sehr sch枚n, aber man m枚chte die Geschichten mehr m枚gen, als man es tats盲chlich tut. Father Brown ist leider etwas leblos.
July 18, 2021
Full of humor and not that confusing. This volume consists of scattered short stories that originated from various magazines publication. A classic indeed.
May 26, 2022
So far my favorite set of Father Brown mysteries.
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July 22, 2019My first encounter with Father Brown that didn't occur via television. It was very different to the TV show - no consistency of locations or characters bar Father Brown himself - but still enjoyable. The writing style took a little bit to get into, and could be a little slow-going, but for the most part the quality of the mysteries he could create in ~30 pages was worth it. Some stories were better than others; I wasn鈥檛 overly enamored with The Resurrection of Father Brown, but was v impressed by the conclusion of the The Arrow of Heaven.
It often felt as if Chesterton kept you occupied at the front door with the mystery while the teaching about human nature/theology/morality comes and hits you over the head through the window. An interesting but enjoyable sensation.
For example:
It often felt as if Chesterton kept you occupied at the front door with the mystery while the teaching about human nature/theology/morality comes and hits you over the head through the window. An interesting but enjoyable sensation.
For example:
And I hope it鈥檚 not against your principles to visit a modern sort of emperor like Merton.鈥�Oof. Or:
鈥楴ot at all,鈥� said Father Brown, quietly. 鈥業t is my duty to visit prisoners and all miserable men in captivity.
鈥楻eally,鈥� protested Martin Wood, 鈥業 do think you should be the last man in the world to tinker about with those beautiful Gothic arches, which are about the best work your own religion has ever done in the world. I should have thought you鈥檇 have had some feeling for that sort of art.鈥橻...]
鈥業f you don鈥檛 know that I would grind all the Gothic arches in the world to powder to save the sanity of a single human soul, you don鈥檛 know so much about my religion as you think you do,鈥� answered Father Brown.
April 2, 2021
My first Chesterton and my first Father Brown. I usually like to start at the beginning, but I found this delicious looking paperback in a charity store and couldn't resist. Chesterton acknowledges his debt to Conan Doyle in a couple of these stories and yet he never manages to flesh out the character of Father Brown in any satisfying way. The same mechanic of introducing the priest as a peripheral character in a story before his wisdom and insight push him to the centre gets old very quickly. Ditto the mysterious death which everyone believes to be supernatural thoroughly debunked by the incongruously cynical man of faith.
There were some nice moments for sure, but the dialog was lumpen and les d茅no没ments frustrating and unsatisfying as they often take place weeks after the crime with very little dramatic tension.
There were some nice moments for sure, but the dialog was lumpen and les d茅no没ments frustrating and unsatisfying as they often take place weeks after the crime with very little dramatic tension.
August 29, 2024
Typographical errors scattered throughout this edition of the book dampened my enthusiasm a bit, but I still enjoyed this collection of Chesterton's Father Brown stories. Father Brown continues to remain in the background, quietly cogitating, then stepping forward to reveal conclusions that no one else has reached.
June 15, 2024
3.5 stars. A collection of eight short mostly murder mystery stories solved by Father Brown, the eccentric little priest.
This book was first published in 1926.
This book was first published in 1926.
December 31, 2024
Assim como os anteriores, os contos s茫o sempre divertidos, instigantes, instrutivos e meditativos.
Recomendo assim como recomendei os volumes anteriores.
Recomendo assim como recomendei os volumes anteriores.
December 27, 2022
It is remarkable that Chesterton can keep Father Brown mysteries so interesting.
November 21, 2024
4.17 stars. These short stories are just plain enjoyable. It鈥檚 kind of strange how some murder or crime mysteries can be a nice and relaxing read/listen.
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鈥淭hat's what you call a paradox, isn't it?鈥� asked the other.
鈥淚t's what I call common sense, properly understood,鈥� replied Father Brown. 鈥淚t really is more natural to believe a preternatural story, that deals with things we don't understand, than a natural story that contradicts things we do understand.鈥�
Father Brown tossed the paper on the floor and sat bolt upright in his chair.
鈥淵ou mustn't let that sort of stuff stupefy you,鈥� he said sharply. 鈥淭hese devils always try to make us helpless by making us hopeless.鈥�
The priest had stiffened a little and seemed in some strange way clothed with unconscious and impersonal dignity, for all his stumpy figure.
鈥淲ell,鈥� he said, 鈥測ou wouldn't suggest I should serve religion by what I know to be a lie? I don't know precisely what you mean by the phrase; and, to be quite candid, I'm not sure you do. Lying may be serving religion; I'm sure it's not serving God. And since you are harping so insistently on what I believe, wouldn't it be as well if you had some sort of notion of what it is?鈥�
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