The Wisdom of Father Brown 12+

📗 British writer GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON (1874-1936) expounded prolifically about his wide-ranging philosophies-he is impossible to categorize as "liberal" or "conservative," for instance-across a wide variety of avenues: he was a literary critic, historian, playwright, novelist, columnist, and poet. His witty, humorous style earned him the title of the "prince of paradox," and his works-80 books and nearly 4,000 essays-remain among the most beloved in the English languageChesterton is best remembered, perhaps, as a spinner of mystery tales, and for his recurring character of Father Brown. This 1914 collection of stories includes some of the crime-solving priest's greatest cases:. "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 Gray". "The Strange Crime of John Boulnois". "The Fairy Tale of Father Brown"