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G. K. Chesterton's celebrity priest-detective returns in The Incredulity of Father Brown (1926), the third of five collections of short stories featuring Father Brown. The book begins with reports of Father Brown's death in "The Resurrection of Father Brown" and includes the... Read Full Overview

The Incredulity of Father Brown is a 1926 collection of mystery short stories by English writer G. K. Chesterton.

Set in the early twentieth century, each of the stories centers around the cunning investigations of Father Brown, an amateur detective who... Read Full Overview

Chesterton admiraba a Conan Doyle y por supuesto a las historias de Sherlock Holmes. Sin embargo, con el padre Brown logr un personaje que se aleja y muchas veces se opone a las caracter sticas de Holmes. Ya hemos esbozado el aspecto del personaje central: sacerdote cat lico,... Read Full Overview

A further collection of fascinating mysteries for Father Brown to solve - including his own murder G K Chesterton's famous amateur detective uses his familiar blend of na

The Incredulity of Father Brown is a collection of eight stories by G. K. Chesterton, the third-published collection featuring the fictional detective Father Brown. It was first published as a book in 1926 by Cassell of London, whose monthly Cassell's Magazine featured the... Read Full Overview

John Adams Race knows what he saw. Looking out of his window one night he sees two suspicious men following Father Brown to a bridge. There are sounds of a fight, the two men disappear-leaving only the body of the priest behind. Or, is there more to the mystery of Father Brown's... Read Full Overview

The Incredulity of Father Brown is a collection of eight stories by G. K. Chesterton, the third-published collection featuring the fictional detective Father Brown. It was first published as a book in 1926 by Cassell of London, whose monthly Cassell's Magazine featured the... Read Full Overview

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'... Read Full Overview

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'... Read Full Overview

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'... Read Full Overview

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'... Read Full Overview

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'... Read Full Overview

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'... Read Full Overview

There was a brief period during which Father Brown enjoyed, or rather did not enjoy, something like fame. He was a nine days' wonder in the newspapers; he was even a common topic of controversy in the weekly reviews; his exploits were narrated eagerly and inaccurately in any... Read Full Overview

There was a brief period during which Father Brown enjoyed, or rather did not enjoy, something like fame. He was a nine days' wonder in the newspapers; he was even a common topic of controversy in the weekly reviews; his exploits were narrated eagerly and inaccurately in any... Read Full Overview