El candor del Padre Brown G. K. Chesterton
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (Londres, 29 de mayo de 1874 - Beaconsfield, 14 de junio de 1936), más conocido como G. K. Chesterton, fue un escritor y periodista británico de inicios del siglo XX. Cultivó, entre otros géneros, el ensayo, la narración, la biografía, la lírica, el periodismo y el libro de viajes.**About the AuthorGilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936), fue un escritor británico, uno de los más brillantes de inicios del siglo XX. Cultivó, entre otros géneros, el ensayo, la narración, la biografía, la lírica, el periodismo y el libro de viajes. Se han referido a él como el «príncipe de las paradojas». Su personaje más famoso es el Padre Brown, un sacerdote católico de apariencia ingenua, cuya agudeza psicológica lo vuelve un formidable detective, y que aparece en más de cincuenta h...
The Man Who Knew Too Much G. K. Chesterton
This excellent set of stories from G.K. Chesterton exemplifies the lighthearted style with which the author sought to imitate the popular writers of detective fiction. In applying his humour and writing talents, Chesterton gained a significant fan base of his own. The Man Who Knew Too Much is a selection of stories portraying Horne Fisher - the titular 'man' - in a series of escapades through British high society. Being as he is associated by marriage and station to the Establishment of the UK, many of Fisher's cases surround high profile murders - in the final story, the Prime Minister himself is implicated. While clearly a lighthearted, even parodying, take on the extremely popular detective fiction, G.K. Chesterton's stories were taken seriously in other circles. Over three decades ...
Orthodoxy G. K. Chesterton
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.**About the AuthorGilbert Keith Chesterton, KC*SG (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) better known as G. K. Chesterton, was an English writer, lay theologian, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, literary and art critic, biographer, and Christian apologist. Chesterton is often referred to as the "prince of paradox." Time magazine, in a review of a biography of Chesterton, observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out." Chesterton is well known for his fictional priest-detective...
The Wisdom of Father Brown G. K. Chesterton
Father Brown is a fictional character created by English novelist G. K. Chesterton, who stars in 51 detective short stories (and two framing vignettes), most of which were later compiled in five books. Chesterton based the character on Father John O'Connor (1870–1952), a parish priest in Bradford who was involved in Chesterton's conversion to Catholicism in 1922. This ebook contains the following short stories:"The Absence of Mr Glass""The Paradise of Thieves""The Duel of Dr Hirsch""The Man in the Passage""The Mistake of the Machine""The Head of Caesar""The Purple Wig""The Perishing of the Pendragons""The God of the Gongs""The Salad of Colonel Cray""The Strange Crime of John Boulnois""The Fairy Tale of Father Brown"**Review''The unassuming cleric, whose humble conviction that his God will...
