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Weihnachtskrimis. Klassische Erzählungen aus England
192 pages, Hardcover
Published September 18, 2024
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G.K. Chesterton
4,643 books5,750 followersGilbert 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 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.’s Weekly.
Chesterton was equally at ease with literary and social criticism, history, politics, economics, philosophy, and theology.
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 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.’s Weekly.
Chesterton was equally at ease with literary and social criticism, history, politics, economics, philosophy, and theology.
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December 7, 2025
Ich finde dieses Buch toll um einen Einblick in die Geschichten von 6 unterschiedlichen aber brillanten Autoren zu bekommen. Besonders gerne mochte ich die Geschichte von Edgar Wallace: Die Chopam Affäre und die Geschichte von Majorie Brown: der chinesische Apfel.
Erstere hat einen gewissen dunklen und gerechten Humor. Ein gerissener Täter findet sein Ende, weil er auf das falsche Opfer trifft und dieses Opfer ist im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes ein Wolf im Schafspelz.
Der chinesische Apfel ist toll geschrieben. Majorie Brown hat einen Schreibstil mit dem man sich gut identifizieren kann und die Handlung, besonders die kurze Auflösung ist einfach genial.
Wenn man Krimis für die Weihnachtsstimmung braucht, ist dieses Buch das richtige.
Erstere hat einen gewissen dunklen und gerechten Humor. Ein gerissener Täter findet sein Ende, weil er auf das falsche Opfer trifft und dieses Opfer ist im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes ein Wolf im Schafspelz.
Der chinesische Apfel ist toll geschrieben. Majorie Brown hat einen Schreibstil mit dem man sich gut identifizieren kann und die Handlung, besonders die kurze Auflösung ist einfach genial.
Wenn man Krimis für die Weihnachtsstimmung braucht, ist dieses Buch das richtige.
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