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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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This audio is part of the collection: LibriVox
Artist/Composer: G. K. Chesterton
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: librivox; audiobook; recording; the wisdom of father brown
Creative Commons license: Public Domain
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| Audio Files | 128Kbps MP3 | Ogg Vorbis | 64Kbps MP3 |
| Chapter 1 | 31 MB | 25 MB | 16 MB |
| Chapter 2 | 38 MB | 31 MB | 19 MB |
| Chapter 3 | 33 MB | 26 MB | 16 MB |
| Chapter 4 | 37 MB | 30 MB | 18 MB |
| Chapter 5 | 33 MB | 27 MB | 17 MB |
| Chapter 6 | 34 MB | 28 MB | 17 MB |
| Chapter 7 | 30 MB | 24 MB | 15 MB |
| Chapter 8 | 41 MB | 34 MB | 21 MB |
| Chapter 9 | 32 MB | 26 MB | 16 MB |
| Chapter 10 | 29 MB | 24 MB | 15 MB |
| Chapter 11 | 34 MB | 27 MB | 17 MB |
| Chapter 12 | 29 MB | 23 MB | 15 MB |
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![[5.0 out of 5 stars]](/images/star.png "[5.0 out of 5 stars]")
Reviewer: Philippe Horak - - 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!