G. K. ChestertonThe Club of Queer Trades
Librivox recording of The Club of Queer Trades by G. K. Chesterton.
Read by David Barnes
A collection of six wonderfully quirky detective stories, featuring the 'mystic' former judge Basil Grant. Each story reveals a practitioner of an entirely new profession, and member of the Club of Queer Trades. (Summary by David Barnes)
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Author: G. K. Chesterton
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Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: librivox; literature; short stories; detective; mystery
Creative Commons license:
Public Domain
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| club_of_queer_trades_drb_librivox_128kb.m3u | 128kbps M3U | Stream |
| club_of_queer_trades_drb_librivox_64kb.m3u | 64Kbps M3U | Stream |
| club_of_queer_trades_drb_librivox_64kb_mp3.zip | 64Kbps MP3 ZIP | 138.7M |
| Audio Files | 128Kbps MP3 | Ogg Vorbis | 64Kbps MP3 |
| 1 - The Tremendous Adventures of Major Brown | 54.1M | 30.5M | 27.1M |
| 2 - The Painful Fall of a Great Reputation | 36.5M | 20.9M | 18.2M |
| 3 - The Awful Reason of the Vicar's Visit | 42.7M | 24.4M | 21.3M |
| 4 - The Singular Speculation of the House-Agent | 47.9M | 27.4M | 23.9M |
| 5 - The Noticeable Conduct of Professor Chadd | 41.7M | 23.8M | 20.8M |
| 6 - The Eccentric Seclusion of the Old Lady | 54.5M | 31.3M | 27.2M |
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Reviewer: Philippe Horak -
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May 11, 2008
Subject: A lively recording
In "The Club of Queer Trades" the detective, Rupert Grant, is a Sherlock Holmes-like private eye who investigates crimes and chases crooks with great self-assuredness in his powers of deduction. But he is always wrong. The hero of these stories is not Rupert, but his older brother, Basil Grant, a retired judge. In each case, Basil proves to Rupert hat there has been no crime and no crooks!
The stories are funny and entertaining and they are very well read by David Barnes. Many thanks for this excellent performance.
Reviewer: TheBookworm -
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April 25, 2008
Subject: Great stories and a fine reader!
A series of short story gems with a single theme. Excellent reading! Thank you, David. (TheBookworm, Manchester, UK).