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Mystery

The Wisdom of Father Brown

by G. K. Chesterton

Amateur detective and Catholic priest Father Brown solves mysteries in this second collection of Father Brown short stories.

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First published
1913
Length
71,859 words
Reading time
About 5 hr
Language
English (UK)

About the book

Father Brown, G. K. Chesterton’s crime-solving Catholic priest, is back in this second collection of Father Brown short stories.

In this collection, Brown is joined by his sidekick, the former arch-criminal Flambeau. Brown is directly involved in the investigations less frequently than in The Innocence of Father Brown , and several of the stories don’t even feature murder. Despite this, the shorts each feature Brown solving a mystery using his characteristic insight into human nature and morality.

The stories in this collection were initially published in various serials, including McClure’s Magazine and The Pall Mall Magazine . Chesterton arranged them in this collection almost in order of publication.

the Read4Max reading text contains approximately 71,859 words arranged in 14 navigable sections.

About the author

G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) is described by Wikidata as English author and Christian apologist (1874–1936), with citizenship or national association recorded as United Kingdom.

Recorded occupations include journalist, poet, novelist, autobiographer, writer, and screenwriter. Languages recorded for G. K. Chesterton include English. Wikidata lists The Club of Queer Trades, The Man Who Was Thursday, Orthodoxy, The Everlasting Man, The Napoleon of Notting Hill, and Father Brown among G. K. Chesterton's notable works. Open Library identifies Robert Browning as a leading work in its author record. Open Library catalogs 37 works under this author record. The Read4Max catalog currently includes Heretics, Manalive, Orthodoxy, The Club of Queer Trades, The Everlasting Man, The Incredulity of Father Brown, and The Innocence of Father Brown under G. K. Chesterton's authorship.

1874–1936

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Themes and ideas

  • England
  • Clergy
  • Detective and mystery stories, English
  • Catholics
  • Brown, Father (Fictitious character)

Table of contents

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  1. Dedication
  2. The Wisdom of Father Brown
  3. The Absence of Mr. Glass
  4. The Paradise of Thieves
  5. The Duel of Dr. Hirsch
  6. The Man in the Passage
  7. The Mistake of the Machine
  8. The Head of Caesar
  9. The Purple Wig
  10. The Perishing of the Pendragons
  11. The God of the Gongs
  12. The Salad of Colonel Cray
  13. The Strange Crime of John Boulnois
  14. The Fairy Tale of Father Brown
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