Short Stories by G.K. Chesterton

by G.K. Chesterton, Bart Wolffe (Narrator)

A collection of five Father Brown stories by G. K. Chesterton including "The Blue Cross," "The Invisible Man," "The Three Tools of Death," "The Flying Stars" and "The Wrong Shape."

Genres: Fiction, Audiobook, Mystery, Classics

3 pages, Audiobook

First published January 1, 1981

About the author

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 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.

Reviews

[Bice · Rating 5 out of 5]

Listened as audio book. I enjoyed these Father Brown stories very much.

[Tatiana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Симпатично, но без восторга.

[Ann Wood · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quite the series of whodunits!

[Sean Hall · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't know if these are destined to be timeless classics, but they are imaginative, entertaining, and well worth the read.

[Alexander · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was okay. some of the prose were beautiful, exactly what to expect from Chesterton, but the short stories of Father Brown seemed formulaic and flat. some had interesting twists or were good but generally the book was simple and uninspiring with catholic theological tidbits thrown in. father brown came off as a smart arse, because there was never any build up and tension, he'd just waltz in three pages later and call people morons go missing there point.

[Tat_kafai · Rating 4 out of 5]

У світі літератури можна зрівняти із біблійними притчами. Герой священник наче справді якийсь апостол чи святий у кожній розповіді датує нам нову мораль. Тонко, філігранно, просто, із пунктиком "на подумати". Стиль викладення мені надзвичайно імпонує.

[Mckinley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Father Brown short stories.