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The Wisdom of Father Brown by Gilbert Keith Chesterton is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Wisdom of Father Brown about?
The star of these stories is Father Brown, a character created by writer G. K. Chesterton. Based on a parish priest who was partially responsible for Chesterton's conversion to Catholicism in 1922, Brown is a stubby Catholic priest equipped with a large umbrella, a formless outfit and a sharp insight into the human nature. The stories included here are 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.
Who reads The Wisdom of Father Brown?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Gilbert Keith Chesterton
- Publisher
- The Floating Press
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781775566731
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Short Stories, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 3.89 / 5 (29 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- The Wisdom of Father Brown (2017)
- The Wisdom of Father Brown (2015)
- The wisdom of father brown : Father brown series, book 2 (2015)
- La sabiduría del Padre Brown (2010)
- The Wisdom of Father Brown (2008)
- The Wisdom of Father Brown (Arcturus Classics, 167) (2020)
- The Wisdom of Father Brown (2009)
- The Wisdom of Father Brown (2014)
- The Wisdom of Father Brown (Father Brown Mystery) (1970)
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