G K Chesterton Books In Order

Father Brown Books In Order

  1. The Innocence Of Father Brown (1911)
  2. The Wisdom Of Father Brown (1914)
  3. The Incredulity Of Father Brown (1926)
  4. The Secret Of Father Brown (1927)
  5. The Scandal Of Father Brown (1935)
  6. The Father Brown Stories (1929)
  7. The Father Brown Omnibus (1933)
  8. The Complete Father Brown (1943)
  9. Father Brown: Selected Stories (1955)
  10. The Father Brown Book (1959)
  11. The Second Father Brown Book (1959)
  12. The Dagger and Wings (1984)
  13. The Puffin Father Brown Stories (1987)
  14. The Best of Father Brown (1987)
  15. Father Brown Crime Stories (1990)
  16. Favorite Father Brown Stories (1993)
  17. Father Brown–A Selection (1995)
  18. Father Brown of the Church of Rome (1996)
  19. The Blue Cross (1997)
  20. Father Brown: The Essential Tales (1998)
  21. The Invisible Man (1998)
  22. The Early Father Brown (2010)

Novels

  1. The Napoleon of Notting Hill (1904)
  2. The Man Who Was Thursday (1908)
  3. The Ball and the Cross (1910)
  4. Manalive (1912)
  5. The Flying Inn (1914)
  6. The Return of Don Quixote (1927)
  7. Basil Howe (2001)

Omnibus

  1. The Napoleon of Notting Hil / The man who was Thursday / The Flying Inn (1932)
  2. The Ball and the Cross / Manalive / The Flying Inn (2004)

Collections

  1. The Club of Queer Trades (1905)
  2. A Chesterton Calendar (1911)
  3. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1922)
  4. Tales Of The Long Bow (1925)
  5. The Poet and the Lunatics (1929)
  6. Four Faultless Felons (1930)
  7. The Man Who Was Chesterton (1937)
  8. The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond (1937)
  9. An Anthology (1957)
  10. Selected Stories (1972)
  11. The Spirit of Christmas (1984)
  12. The Bodley Head G.K. Chesterton (1985)
  13. A G.K. Chesterton Anthology (1985)
  14. Daylight and Nightmare (1986)
  15. Collected Works (1987)
  16. Thirteen Detectives (1987)
  17. Seven Suspects (1990)
  18. Thou Shalt Not Kill (1992)
  19. Great Detective Stories (2003)
  20. G.K. Chesterton’s Sherlock Holmes (2003)
  21. Essential Writings (2003)
  22. Classic Detective Stories (2003)
  23. Murder On Christmas Eve (2017)

Plays

  1. Magic (1913)

Picture Books

  1. The Shop of Ghosts (1994)

Novellas

  1. The Trees of Pride (1922)

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The Innocence Of Father Brown

One of the most memorable sleuths in the canon of detective fiction has to be Father Brown, the small priest with ‘a face as round and dull as a Norfolk dumpling’, but who nevertheless outwits the greatest criminal minds with his wisdom regarding human nature. Brought to life here by actor Kevin O’Brien in a series of dramatic readings, this unabridged audio book of The Innocence Of Father Brown also features an introduction and conclusion to each chapter by Dale Ahlquist, president of the American Chesterton Society and host of EWTN’s immensely popular television series, G.K. Chesterton: The Apostle of Common Sense.

First published in 1910, The Innocence Of Father Brown includes many of the greatest Father Brown stories, including The Blue Cross, The Flying Stars, and The Hammer of God. So, sit back and enjoy the brilliance and wit of G.K. Chesterton’s inimitable Father Brown.

Kevin O’Brien is a stage and screen actor and theatrical director. He leads the popular Theater of the Word Incorporated, and has appeared in countless productions. He is currently appearing on EWTN in the new series, Theater of the Word.

The Wisdom Of Father Brown

The only possible excuse for this book is that it is an answer to a challenge. Even a bad shot is dignified when he accepts a duel. When some time ago I published a series of hasty but sincere papers, under the name of ‘Heretics,’ several critics for whose intellect I have a warm respect I may mention specially Mr. G.S. Street said that it was all very well for me to tell everybody to affirm his cosmic theory, but that I had carefully avoided supporting my precepts with example. ‘I will begin to worry about my philosophy,’ said Mr. Street, ‘when Mr. Chesterton has given us his.’ It was perhaps an incautious suggestion to make to a person only too ready to write books upon the feeblest provocation. But after all, though Mr. Street has inspired and created this book, he need not read it. If he does read it, he will find that in its pages I have attempted in a vague and personal way, in a set of mental pictures rather than in a series of deductions, to state the philosophy in which I have come to believe. I will not call it my philosophy; for I did not make it. God and humanity made it; and it made me.

The Incredulity Of Father Brown

Gilbert Keith Chesterton 1874 1936 was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy, and detective fiction. Chesterton has been called the ‘prince of paradox. ‘ He wrote in an off hand, whimsical prose studded with startling formulations. He is one of the few Christian thinkers who are equally admired and quoted by both liberal and conservative Christians, and indeed by many non Christians. And in his own words he cast aspersions on the labels saying, ‘The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes from being corrected. ‘ Chesterton wrote many books among which are: All Things Considered 1908, Alarms and Discursions 1910, The Ballad of the White Horse 1911, The Appetite of Tyranny 1915, The Everlasting Man 1925, The Secret of Father Brown 1927 and The Scandal of Father Brown 1935.

The Secret Of Father Brown

Gilbert Keith Chesterton 1874 1936 was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy, and detective fiction. Chesterton has been called the ‘prince of paradox. ‘ He wrote in an off hand, whimsical prose studded with startling formulations. He is one of the few Christian thinkers who are equally admired and quoted by both liberal and conservative Christians, and indeed by many non Christians. And in his own words he cast aspersions on the labels saying, ‘The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes from being corrected. ‘ Chesterton wrote many books among which are: All Things Considered 1908, Alarms and Discursions 1910, The Ballad of the White Horse 1911, The Appetite of Tyranny 1915, The Everlasting Man 1925, The Secret Of Father Brown 1927 and The Scandal of Father Brown 1935.

The Scandal Of Father Brown

Gilbert Keith Chesterton 1874 1936 was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy, and detective fiction. Chesterton has been called the ‘prince of paradox. ‘ He wrote in an off hand, whimsical prose studded with startling formulations. He is one of the few Christian thinkers who are equally admired and quoted by both liberal and conservative Christians, and indeed by many non Christians. And in his own words he cast aspersions on the labels saying, ‘The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes from being corrected. ‘ Chesterton wrote many books among which are: All Things Considered 1908, Alarms and Discursions 1910, The Ballad of the White Horse 1911, The Appetite of Tyranny 1915, The Everlasting Man 1925, The Secret of Father Brown 1927 and The Scandal Of Father Brown 1935.

The Father Brown Stories

G.K. Chesterton, one of the most prolific writers of the 20th century, is most famous for a series of mystery stories and novelettes that feature the Roman Catholic priest, Fr. Brown. Adapted for stage, radio and film, the Fr. Brown stories have proved to be enduringly popular. But like Chesterton’s other work, what to many may seem like trivial short stories contain profound observations of the world, human character, philosophy, morality and religion. John Peterson, the editor of Father Brown of the Church of Rome, takes the reader through this first group of stories, giving valuable annotations as well as an introduction that gives a fascinating look at Chesterton’s detective fiction. Fans of Father Brown and Chesterton will be delighted by this volume in the Collected Works.

The Father Brown Omnibus

Two Father Brown volumes in one eBook! The classics that introduced the first and best of all priest detectives, The Innocence of Father Brown and The Wisdom of Father Brown together for one low price. Both books featuring mystery master G.K. Chesterton’s immortal creation complete and unabridged. The Innocence of Father Brown contains: ‘The Blue Cross,’ ‘The Secret Garden,’ ‘The Queer Feet,’ ‘The Flying Stars,’ ‘The Invisible Man,’ ‘The Honour of Israel Gow,’ ‘The Wrong Shape,’ ‘The Sins of Prince Saradine,’ ‘The Hammer of God,’ ‘The Eye of Apollo,’ ‘The Sign of the Broken Sword,’ ‘The Three Tools of Death.’ The Wisdom of Father Brown contains 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,’ and ‘The Fairy Tale of Father Brown.’ Both books complete and unabridged over 1000 pages in hardcover.

The Complete Father Brown

Immortalized in these famous stories, G.K. Chesterton’s endearing amateur sleuth has entertained countless generations of readers. For, as his admirers know, Father Brown’s cherubic face and unworldly simplicity, his glas*ses and his huge umbrella, disguise a quite uncanny understanding of the criminal mind at work.

Father Brown: Selected Stories

Father Brown, one of the most quirkily genial and lovable characters to emerge from English detective fiction, first made his appearance in The Innocence of Father Brown in 1911. That first collection of stories established G.K. Chesterton’s kindly cleric in the front rank of eccentric sleuths. This complete collection contains all the favourite Father Brown stories, showing a quiet wit and compassion that has endeared him to many, whilst solving his mysteries by a mixture of imagination and a sympathetic worldliness in a totally believable manner.

The Dagger and Wings

This popular series of readers has now been completely revised and updated, using a new syllabus and new word structure lists. Readability has been ensured by means of specially designed computer software. Words that are above level but essential to the story are explained within the text, illustrated, and then reused for maximum reinforcement.

The Best of Father Brown

Part of the ‘Everyman’ series which has been re set with wide margins for notes and easy to read type. Each title includes a themed introduction by leading authorities on the subject, life and times chronology of the author, text summaries, annotated reading lists and selected criticism and notes.

Favorite Father Brown Stories

Six well plotted and suspenseful tales by the noted British critic, author and debunker extraordinaire feature the ‘little cleric from Essex’ in ‘The Blue Cross,’ ‘The Sins of Prince Saradine,’ ‘The Sign of the Broken Sword,’ ‘The Man in the Passage,’ ‘The Perishing of the Pendragons’ and ‘The Salad of Colonel Cray.’

Father Brown–A Selection

Father Brown was G K Chesterton’s most famous invention, the pudding faced priest who solves crimes by using his knowledge of human evil and his ability to enter the mind of the criminal. First created in 1910, he was Chesterton’s encapsulation of the atmosphere of that age, and his protest against its complacency and materialism. Later stories reflect the tensions preceding the Great War, the brittle sensationalism of the 1920s, and the ideological challenges of inter war Europe. But the quiet Sussex priest inhabits his own world above all, a world of masterfully created characters and landscapes. His simplicity cuts through the complex and often bizarre puzzles which seem at first to defy all explanation. This edition presents 28 of the stories, chosen and introduced by their finest critic, W W Robson. His work brings together a lifetime’s critical appreciation of Chesterton and includes the establishment of new texts for some of the stories. This book is intended for general readers; students from A level upwards of short story and of early twentieth century literature.

Father Brown of the Church of Rome

These are very good stories, excellent short detective yarns in the classic British tradition of Sherlock Holmes puzzling concoctions of mysterious crimes, dubious suspects and ambiguous clues. They are among the best of the Father Brown stories.

The Blue Cross

This text includes the entire short story ‘The Blue Cross‘ by G. K. Chesterton as well as extensive study material by Nancy Carpentier Brown. ‘The Blue Cross‘ was Chesterton’s first Father Brown mystery, in which he introduced the reader to Father Brown and the famous criminal Flambeau. It is intended for use by home educating families, book clubs, and classrooms, 7th grade and up.

Father Brown: The Essential Tales

G. K. Chesterton’s Father Brown may seem a pleasantly doddering Roman Catholic priest, but appearances deceive. With keen observation and an unerring sense of man s frailties gained during his years listening to confessions Father Brown succeeds in bringing even the most elusive criminals to justice. This definitive collection of fifteen stories, selected by the American Chesterton Society, includes such classics as The Blue Cross, The Secret Garden, and The Paradise of Thieves. As P. D. James writes in her Introduction, We read the Father Brown stories for a variety pleasures, including their ingenuity, their wit and intelligence, and for the brilliance of the writing. But they provide more. Chesterton was concerned with the greatest of all problems, the vagaries of the human heart.

The Early Father Brown

G. K. Chesterton’s famous detective priest Father Brown solved crimes and guided souls. This volume includes the earliest short story collections: The Innocence of Father Brown, The Wisdom of Father Brown, and an uncollected two part story, The Donnington Affair co written with Max Pemberton.

The Napoleon of Notting Hill

The human race, to which so many of my readers belong, has been playing at children’s games from the beginning, and will probably do it till the end, which is a nuisance for the few people who grow up. And one of the games to which it is most attached is called ‘Keep to morrow dark,’ and which is also named by the rustics in Shropshire, I have no doubt ‘Cheat the Prophet.’ The players listen very carefully and respectfully to all that the clever men have to say about what is to happen in the next generation. The players then wait until all the clever men are dead, and bury them nicely. They then go and do something else. That is all. For a race of simple tastes, however, it is great fun. For human beings, being children, have the childish wilfulness and the childish secrecy. And they never have from the beginning of the world done what the wise men have seen to be inevitable. They stoned the false prophets, it is said; but they could have stoned true prophets with a greater and juster enjoyment. Individually, men may present a more or less rational appearance, eating, sleeping, and scheming. But humanity as a whole is changeful, mystical, fickle, delightful. Men are men, but Man is a woman.

The Man Who Was Thursday

In ‘The Man Who Was Thursday,’ British writer G. K. Chesterton expounded prolifically about his wide ranging philosophies. Chesterton is impossible to categorize as ‘liberal’ or ‘conservative’ 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 language Considered by many readers to be G. K. Chesterton’s best work, ‘The Man Who Was Thursday‘ is an outrageous satire about a club of gentlemen in London at the turn of the 20th century who have vowed to destroy the world. Subtitled ‘A Nightmare,’ and bursting with Chesterton’s trademark wit and abundant in surprising metaphors about religion, nature, and human civilization itself, ‘The Man Who Was Thursday‘ is a philosophical and ironic wonder, a delight to read and an even greater delight to ponder. G. K. Chesterton was one of the most influential English writers of the 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy and detective fiction. Chesterton has been called 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.’For example, Chesterton wrote the following: Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it. Chesterton is well known for his reasoned apologetics and even those who disagree with him have recognized the universal appeal of such works as Orthodoxy and ‘The Everlasting Man,’ and ‘The Man Who Was Thursday.’

The Ball and the Cross

The Ball and the Cross is G. K. Chesterton’s second novel. In the introduction Martin Gardner notes that it is a ‘mixture of fantasy, farce and theology.’ Gardner continues: ‘Evan MacIan is a tall, dark haired, blue eyed Scottish Highlander and a devout Roman Catholic…
. James Turnball is a short, red haired, gray eyed Scottish Lowlander and a devout but naive atheist…
. The two meet when MacIan smashes the window of the street office where Turnball publishes an atheist journal. This act of rage occurs when MacIan sees posted on the shop’s window a sheet that blasphemes the Virgin Mary, presumably implying she was an adulteress who gave birth to an illegitimate Jesus. When MacIan challenges Turnball to a duel to the death, Turnball is overjoyed. For twenty years no one had paid the slightest attention to his Bible bashing. Now at last someone is taking him seriously! Most of the rest of the story is a series of comic events in which the two enemies wander about seeking a spot for their duel’ iii. MacIan and Turnball become friends as they protect each other from interference from the modern world, which has trivialized their views over life’s most important question the existence of God and outlawed their honorable duel. The irony is heightened when they both fall in love with ladies who happen to hold to their opponent’s deepest convictions. Professor Lucifer and a Bulgarian Monk also play important roles in this perennially relevant story.

Manalive

A book by G. K. Chesterton detailing a popular theme both in his own philosophy, and in Christianity, of the ‘holy fool’, such as in Dostoevsky’s The Idiot and Cervantes’ Don Quixote. This is a book in two parts. The first, ‘The Enigma of Innocent Smith,’ concerns the arrival of a new tenant at Beacon House, a London boarding establishment. Like Mary Poppins, this man who is tentatively identified by lodger Arthur Inglewood as an ex schoolmate named Innocent Smith is accompanied by a great wind, and he breathes new life into the household with his games and antics. During his first day in residence the eccentric Smith creates the High Court of Beacon; arranges to elope with Mary Gray, paid companion to heiress Rosamund Hunt; inspires Inglewood to declare his love for Diana Duke, the landlady’s daughter; and prompts a reconciliation between jaded journalist Michael Moon and Rosamund. However, when the household is at its happiest two doctors appear with awful news: Smith is wanted on charges of burglary, desertion of a spouse, polygamy, and attempted murder. The fact that Smith almost immediately fires several shots from a revolver at Inglewood’s friend Dr. Herbert Warner seems to confirm the worst. Before Smith can be taken to a jail or an asylum, Michael Moon declares that the case falls under the purview of the High Court of Beacon and suggests that the household investigate the matter before involving the authorities or the press. The second part, ‘The Explanations of Innocent Smith,’ follows the trial. The prosecution consists of Moses Gould, a merrily cynical Jew who lives at Beacon House and considers Smith at best a fool and at worst a scoundrel, and Dr. Cyrus Pym, an American criminal specialist called in by Dr. Warner; Michael Moon and Arthur Inglewood act for the defense. The evidence consists of correspondence from people who witnessed or participated in the exploits that led to the charges against Smith. In every case, the defendant is revealed to be, as his first name states, innocent. He fires bullets near people to make them value life; the house he breaks into is his own; he travels around the world only to return with renewed appreciation for his house and family; and the women he absconded with are actually his wife Mary, posing as a spinster under different aliases so they may repeatedly re enact their courtship. Smith is, needless to say, acquitted on all charges. Movie adaptation Dale Ahlquist president of the American Chesterton Society and host of the EWTN series, G.K. Chesterton: The Apostle of Common Sense is the executive producer of a motion picture version of Manalive. In 2006 he teamed up with screenwriter/producer/director, Joey Odendahl. They eventually formed Moonhunt Productions, and Manalive is to be their first feature. It will star Mark Shea as Innocent Smith and Kevin O’Brian as Professor Eames. As of 2009, the movie has completed filming and is in the post production phase. Wikipedia

The Flying Inn

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million books. com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III THE SIGN OF ‘THE OLD SHIP ‘ Upon few of the children of men has the surname of Pump fallen, and of these few have been maddened into naming a child Humphrey in addition to it. To such extremity, however, had the parents of the innkeeper at ‘The Old Ship’ proceeded, that their son might come at last to be called ‘Hump’ by his dearest friends, and ‘Pumph’ by an aged Turk with a green umbrella. All this, or all he knew of it, he endured with a sour smile; for he was of a stoical temper. Mr. Humphrey Pump stood outside his inn, which stood almost on the seashore, screened only bygone line of apple trees, dwarfed, twisted and salted by the sea air; but in front of it was a highly banked bowling green, and behind it the land sank abruptly; so that one very steep sweeping road vanished into the depth and mystery of taller trees. Mr. Pump was standing immediately under his trim sign, which stood erect in the turf; a wooden pole painted white and suspending a square white board, also painted white but further decorated with a highly grotesque blue ship, such as a child might draw, but into which Mr. Pump’s patriotism had insinuated a disproportionately large red St. George’s cross. Mr. Humphrey Pump was a man of middle size, with very broad shoulders, wearing a sort of shooting suit with gaiters. Indeed, he was engaged at themoment in cleaning and reloading a double barrelled gun, a short but powerful weapon which he had invented, or at least improved, himself; and which, though eccentric enough as compared with latest scientific arms, was neither clumsy nor necessarily out of date. For Pump was one of those handy men who seem to have a hundred hands like Briareus; he made nearly everything for himself and everything in his house was slightly different from the same…

The Return of Don Quixote

Michael Herne is a librarian at Seawood Abbey, an estate owned by Lord Seawood. When Lord Seawood’s daughter and some of her friends want to put on a play called ‘Blondel the Troubadour,’ the librarian is asked to play the part of a medieval king. Herne not only takes his role seriously by thoroughly researching the Middle Ages, when the play is concluded, he refuses to take off the costume. He remains in character, much to the befuddlement and consternation of the other players. With this device, Chesterton achieves a wonderful effect in contrast to the typical snide modern commentary on the past: he creates an opportunity for the past to offer a commentary on the present. Herne looks at his old clothes, that is, the modern clothes he once wore, with embarrassment. The modern world is embarrassing. It takes a previous age to see that. Newly designed and typeset for easy reading by Boomer Books.

The Ball and the Cross / Manalive / The Flying Inn

G.K. Chesterton This seventh volume of the Collected works of G.K. Chesterton brings together three of this most acclaimed works of fiction, with introduction and notes by Chesterton scholar Iain Benson. A must for serious fans of Chesterton, this features the same quality and sturdy binding as the other volumes in this series. Sewn Softcover

The Club of Queer Trades

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 language This 1905 collection of short stories is a splendid example of Chesterton’s wicked style and devastating intellect. Revolving around the members of a London club who must invent their own wacky professions and make a living from them these tales send up the British class system, the state of London in the Victoria era, the ironies of the law, and more. Complete with the author’s original illustrations, the stories include: . ‘The Tremendous Adventures of Major Brown’ . ‘The Painful Fall of a Great Reputation’ . ‘The Awful Reason of the Vicar’s Visit’ . ‘The Singular Speculation of the House Agent’ . ‘The Noticeable Conduct of Professor Chadd’ . ‘The Eccentric Seclusion of the Old Lady’

A Chesterton Calendar

A Chesterton Calendar. PREFATORY NOTE. It will be found that almost all Mr. G. K, Chestertons books have been utilized in the making of this Calendar. A word of acknowledgment is due to the various publishers for their courtesy in permitting this to Messrs. Grant Richards, Arthur L. Humphreys, J. W. Arrowsmith, John Lane, J. M. Dent Co., Macmillan Co., Duckworth Co., Harper Co., Cassell Co., and Methuen Co. Recourse has been had also to the files of the Daily News, the Illustrated London News, and other journals to which Mr. Chesterton has been a contributor. The present publishers feel they are peculiarly indebted to Mr. Chesterton himself for his kindness in allowing them to include certain verses from poems which have not yet been printed in cxtcnso elsewhere. Mere light sophistry is the thing that I happen to despise most of all things, and it is perhaps a wholesome fact that this is the thing of which I am generally accused.

The Man Who Knew Too Much

”In this collection of stories, the man who knows too much is Horne Fisher, a character who is generally thought to be based on Chesterton’s good friend, Maurice Baring. Fisher fits Baring’s physical description, he is a respected member of the upper class, and he seems to know everybody and everything. The similarity, however, ends there. Just as Father Brown is not exactly Father John O’Connor, neither is Horne Fisher exactly Maurice Baring. By all accounts, the real Baring was a charming, affable gentleman who knew how to laugh and had no fear of making a fool of himself, nonchalantly balancing a full wine glass on his bald head at social gatherings. Horne Fisher is distinctly lacking in both the charm and humor departments.

In awe of Fisher’s grasp of the facts, one character tells him, ‘Fisher, I should say that what you don’t know isn’t worth knowing.’

‘You are wrong,’ replies Fisher with a very unusual abruptness and even bitterness. ‘It’s what I do know that isn’t worth knowing.”’ Quote from chesterton. org

About the Author

‘Gilbert Keith Chesterton May 29, 1874 June 14, 1936 was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy, and detective fiction.

Chesterton has been called the ‘prince of paradox.’He wrote in an off hand, whimsical prose studded with startling formulations. For example: ‘Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.’He is one of the few Christian thinkers who are equally admired and quoted by both liberal and conservative Christians, and indeed by many non Christians. Chesterton’s own theological and political views were far too nuanced to fit comfortably under the ‘liberal’ or ‘conservative

Tales Of The Long Bow

Gilbert Keith Chesterton 1874 1936 was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy, and detective fiction. Chesterton has been called the ‘prince of paradox. ‘ He wrote in an off hand, whimsical prose studded with startling formulations. He is one of the few Christian thinkers who are equally admired and quoted by both liberal and conservative Christians, and indeed by many non Christians. And in his own words he cast aspersions on the labels saying, ‘The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes from being corrected. ‘ Chesterton wrote many books among which are: All Things Considered 1908, Alarms and Discursions 1910, The Ballad of the White Horse 1911, The Appetite of Tyranny 1915, The Everlasting Man 1925, The Secret of Father Brown 1927 and The Scandal of Father Brown 1935.

The Poet and the Lunatics

Gabriel Gale is an eccentric poet. His madness is the madness of insight and he uses this gift to solve or prevent crimes committed by madmen. Chesterton ably illustrates his own premise that lunacy and sanity may just be a point of view…

Four Faultless Felons

Gilbert Keith Chesterton 1874 1936 was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy, and detective fiction. Chesterton has been called the ‘prince of paradox. ‘ He wrote in an off hand, whimsical prose studded with startling formulations. He is one of the few Christian thinkers who are equally admired and quoted by both liberal and conservative Christians, and indeed by many non Christians. And in his own words he cast aspersions on the labels saying, ‘The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes from being corrected. ‘ Chesterton wrote many books among which are: All Things Considered 1908, Alarms and Discursions 1910, The Ballad of the White Horse 1911, The Appetite of Tyranny 1915, The Everlasting Man 1925, The Secret of Father Brown 1927 and The Scandal of Father Brown 1935.

The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond

Gilbert Keith Chesterton 1874 1936 was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy, and detective fiction. Chesterton has been called the ‘prince of paradox. ‘ He wrote in an off hand, whimsical prose studded with startling formulations. He is one of the few Christian thinkers who are equally admired and quoted by both liberal and conservative Christians, and indeed by many non Christians. And in his own words he cast aspersions on the labels saying, ‘The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes from being corrected. ‘ Chesterton wrote many books among which are: All Things Considered 1908, Alarms and Discursions 1910, The Ballad of the White Horse 1911, The Appetite of Tyranny 1915, The Everlasting Man 1925, The Secret of Father Brown 1927 and The Scandal of Father Brown 1935.

Collected Works

Volumes XXVII through X*XVII of The Collected Works Of G. K. Chesterton are columns from The Illustrated London News. These volumes contain all of Chesterton’s weekly columns beginning in1905. Volume XXVIII contains 1908 1910. Though written for his very popular newspaper column one hundred years ago, Chesterton s timeless wisdom is just as relevant today as itwas then. Author: G. K. Chesterton Contents: Columns from Illustrated London News, 1908 1910 Format: 700 pages, paperback Publisher: Ignatius Press ISBN: 9780898701388

Thou Shalt Not Kill

A collection of mystery stories culled from the pages of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine features the work of John Mortimer, G. K. Chesterton, Ralph McInerny, and others.

Essential Writings

G. K. Chesterton 1874 1936, was one of the great Catholic writers of the twentieth century. He brought a distinctive Catholic perspective to scores of books and articles even to the genre of detective novels in the famous Father Brown mysteries. As this collection shows, Chesterton’s writing contains a spiritual dimension. In his ability to combine matters of great seriousness with great humor the contours of his distinctive and paradoxical spirituality emerge.

Classic Detective Stories

In ‘The Dying Detective,’ Sherlock Holmes comes close to death, or so his long suffering colleague, Dr. Watson, thinks. In ‘The Assassins Club,’ a murder occurs at a dinner table full of crime novelists. ‘The Case of the Tragedies of the Greek Room’ features eccentric detective Morris Klaw trying to solve an especially perplexing locked room mystery. This classic collection, read by Edward Hardwicke, the original Dr. Watson in the classic TV series, brings together the cream of the crop in detective fiction.

Magic

Gilbert Keith Chesterton 1874 1936 was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy, and detective fiction. Chesterton has been called the ‘prince of paradox. ‘ He wrote in an off hand, whimsical prose studded with startling formulations. He is one of the few Christian thinkers who are equally admired and quoted by both liberal and conservative Christians, and indeed by many non Christians. And in his own words he cast aspersions on the labels saying, ‘The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes from being corrected. ‘ Chesterton wrote many books among which are: All Things Considered 1908, Alarms and Discursions 1910, The Ballad of the White Horse 1911, The Appetite of Tyranny 1915, The Everlasting Man 1925, The Secret of Father Brown 1927 and The Scandal of Father Brown 1935.

The Trees of Pride

Squire Vane was an elderly schoolboy of English education and Irish extraction. His English education, at one of the great public schools, had preserved his intellect perfectly and permanently at the stage of boyhood. But his Irish extraction subconsciously upset in him the proper solemnity of an old boy, and sometimes gave him back the brighter outlook of a naughty boy. He had a bodily impatience which played tricks upon him almost against his will, and had already rendered him rather too radiant a failure in civil and diplomatic service. Thus it is true that compromise is the key of British policy, especially as effecting an impartiality among the religions of India; but Vane’s attempt to meet the Moslem halfway by kicking off one boot at the gates of the mosque, was felt not so much to indicate true impartiality as something that could only be called an aggressive indifference. Again, it is true that an English aristocrat can hardly enter fully into the feelings of either party in a quarrel between a Russian Jew and an Orthodox procession carrying relics; but Vane’s idea that the procession might carry the Jew as well, himself a venerable and historic relic, was misunderstood on both sides. In short, he was a man who particularly prided himself on having no nonsense about him; with the result that he was always doing nonsensical things. He seemed to be standing on his head merely to prove that he was hard headed.

G K Chesterton has been described as one of the most unjustly neglected writers of our time. Born in 1874, he became a journalist and later began writing books and pamphlets. His work includes novels, literary and social criticism, political papers and spiritual essays in a style characterised by enormous wit, paradox, humility and wonder. He converted to Catholicism in 1922 and he explores the nature of spirituality in many of his books and essays, including the mighty Orthodoxy. Chesterton is one of the few authors who are genuinely timeless and whose work has as much relevance today as when it was written.

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