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G. K. ChestertonThe Wisdom of Father Brown

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Librivox recording of The Wisdom of Father Brown, by G. K. Chesterton

Read by Martin Clifton

This is the second of five books of short stories about G. K. Chestertons fictional detective, first published in 1914. Father Brown is a short, nondescript Catholic Priest with shapeless clothes and a large umbrella who has an uncanny insight into human evil. His methods, unlike those of his near contemporary Sherlock Holmes, although based on observation of details often unnoticed by others, tended to be intuitive rather than deductive. Although clearly devout, he always emphasizes rationality: despite his religiousness and his belief in God and miracles, he manages to see the perfectly ordinary, natural explanation of the problem. He is a devout, educated and "civilized" clergyman, who is totally familiar with contemporary and secular thought and behavior. His character was though to be based on Father John O'Connor (1870 - 1952), a parish priest in Bradford, Yorkshire. (Summary by Martin)

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Reviewer: Philippe Horak - 5.00 out of 5 stars5.00 out of 5 stars5.00 out of 5 stars5.00 out of 5 stars5.00 out of 5 stars - December 16, 2007
Subject: Wonderful reading
Martin Clifton delivers a perfect reading of G.K. Chesterton’s “The Wisdom of Father Brown”. Listeners will no doubt find that not all the stories in this collection are of the highest quality and that some degree of supernatural is always part of the author’s writing. A very good recording, thank you Mr Clifton!


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