The Complete Father Brown Stories

These are terrific, positive stories written by one of the best writers ever. A pleasure to read after reading mediocre works by others. Good bedtime reads.

This is not only 300 some pages as the description says. This is 797 pages of pure awesomeness. Lots of great stories. A good intro to Chesterton’s way of writing prior to tackling Heretics or Orthodoxy.

How nice to have all of the Father Brown mysteries on my kindle. In an introduction to another Father Brown collection the renown English modern writer-critic Kingsley Amis said of the Father Brown stories that they are the best of Chesterton's works and they convey everything his other works did. C.S. Lewis consider Chesterton his spiritual Father. After reading Chesterton's book the Everlasting Man C.S. Lewis began his conversion to Christianity. So you can gather the stories have something very meaningful and important to express about life.. Another renown modern English writer-critic V. S. Pritchet observed that Father Brown is master of the turn of the screw of drama. For sheer acutely observed and devised drama there is perhaps no better example than the Father Brown Mysteries . I chose to purchase this collection on my kindle after I had read the selected stories in the "Father Brown: The Essential Tales" which is one of many fine book that make up the Modern Library Classics published by the Modern Library Paperback Company. The late Dame P.D. James, an accomplished mystery writer in her own right, wrote the introduction for The Modern Library Edition of these classic detective stories . Her introduction as well as the general one that supplements her's with a wealth more details about G. K. Chesterton himself is as excellent as her selection of mysteries; the late Dame P.D. James speaks of savoring the Father Brown stories every time she read them and to have read them regularly. So I would recommend getting that book for its masterful introduction and its fine selection of stories. I have written a review of it.The supposedly helpful critical study that goes within this kindle copy is placed at the end of the book, and was so determinedly damning of Chesterton, contained only one sentence on his Father Brown mysteries, and thus so badly inappropriate that I was appalled it was even there; hence the four star rating.Ir is a bit of good fortune to have a kindle collection of all of the Father Brown mystery storiesNever the less note nearly every noted modern British writer has realized they must contend with the literary and artistic genius that is Chesterton; and they do so rather willingly and joyfully. He is too clever, too amusing, too humerous, and too serious a multi-faceted talent for them to not find a place for him to sit at their table, whereas the critique in the book as I have said, sums his work up in the most superfluous and derisive manner and even worse only addresses the Father Brown stories in one dismissive sentence.It then follows for those interested in reading Father Brown mysteries should buy the paper back copy of Father Brown:The Essential Tales which includes a brief, rousing, and thorough biographical sketch of his career a very helpful introduction written by P. D. James. If you don't want to buy it, take The Essential Tales out on loan from your local library. I could not have the appreciation for the Father Brown stories' greatness if I had not read that introduction to "Father Brown: The Essential Tales". It is a classic of how to for book introductions. Without it you will likely miss out on the spellbinding, brilliantly composed, literary treasures and delights that proliferate in every Father Brown story.

Full of fascinating stories.

Interesting and also enlightening

Father Brown stories have been suggested as detective stories second only to the Sherlock Holmes canon, and having read some other Chesterton I thought to give these a try. As one reviewer stated, these are not in the same ballpark as Conan Doyle's master detective. I have read about a dozen of Fr. Brother's stories, and I find that I am skipping around in the book looking for the better ones. For some this might be a good read, but for me, in comparison to Holmes, these stories are nicely written as to putting you in the scene but otherwise dry, and devoid of the process of how the crime was solved until the very end. YMMV, but I think I have seen enough of Fr. Brown.

Book was a gift, but upon hearing how much they enjoyed the book,I ordered an extra copy for me.

I have been looking for a book from this classic author. So lucky to get one from Amazon! The copy received is as described.

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I got started with Father Brown watching the tv shows so I was excited when I saw this book. It is a great book well written and highly recommended.

Premetto di aver acquistato il libro da Amazon Warehouse. Il libro è arrivato in buone condizioni con un difetto impercettibile sulla copertina. La storia parla di un Don Matteo di inizio 1900 e delle sue peripezie nel scovare i criminali grazie alla sua abilità di scrutare nell'animo umano. Una lettura piacevole. Consigliato!

Si os gustan las historias de Sherlock Holmes de Arthur Conan Doyle, las de Poirot y Miss Marple de Agatha Christie este es vuestro libro, no lo dudéis, comprarlo, son relatos cortitos, agrupados por los diferentes libros que se publicaron de este personaje y no os vais a aburrir con ellos, así que lo recomiendo al 100%.Como siempre hago cuando comento libros que están inglés os digo que bajo mi punto de vista, creo que si tenéis un B2 o estáis a punto de sacarlo lo podréis leer sin problemas.

Die Geschichten von Father Brown sind legendär. In Deutschland sind die Filme mit Heinz Rühmann bekannt. Aber die geben den Charakter Father Brown sehr verzerrt wird. «Für das deutsche Publikum aufbereitet.» Er ist dagegen ein echter Brite. Die Geschichten sind sehr durchdacht. Es geht weniger um die Deduktion des Tathergangs (was natürlich auch vorkommt), sondern vielmehr um die Psyche des Täters, d.h. um die Motive, die den Menschen in Schuld und Sünde treiben. Father Brown ist damit ein Gegenentwurf zu Sherlock Holmes. Und er hat sehr viel Witz und Charme und Menschlichkeit. Immer ist er der Anwalt der Vernunft gegenüber Aberglauben.Der Stil ist sehr markant. Chesterton liebt die Gegensätze und das Paradox. Auf Dauer nutzt sich das etwas ab. Aber es ergibt dennoch ein stimmiges Bild. Mich haben die Geschichten süchtig gemacht und ich muß mich immer losreißen. Ich wollte bewußt die Originalsprache haben. Eben weil das Deutsche doch wohl erheblich angepaßt wurde. Ich empfehle diese Ausgabe wärmsten!