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Cargando... Favorite Father Brown Stories (1993 original; edición 1993)por G. K. Chesterton (Autor)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. I was surprised by how entertaining and well written these six stories, all written over a century ago, hold up despite what to contemporary fashions seems at times florid writing. ( ) I am enjoying the current TV version of Father Brown but had never read the original stories so I grabbed this when it turned up in a local Little Free Library. It is a collection of 6 stories but unfortunately, 4 of them are with Flambeau and I found his character as useless in the stories as in the TV series. Overall, I was not super impressed with these stories, there wasn't much of a mystery and I didn't get any particular feel for character or place either so I am left wondering why they have inspired two TV shows and overall are thought of so highly. I could read some more but this collection didn't inspire me to do so. Fun Mysteries "Favorite Father Brown Stories" is not a good collection, in my opinion. I do not particularly enjoy Flambeu as a character - he is featureless and has little charm - and he is presented in four of the six stories. Chesterton is a good author, Father Brown his great character. Chesterton gives short sentences that make Father Brown a fantastic, bumbling person who would make a great friend. The only knock on Chesterton is that his expositions can be quite long for short stories. Dover Thrift Editions can be difficult to read in print because of the tight, small fonts. This book was the same. Nevertheless, I always love Dover Thrift Editions because of their price and availability overseas. Clever little stories, but some are not ones the reader might be able to solve with the clues given, for Father Brown knows things the reader often does not and he does not divulge them until the end. Chesterton spends a good deal of time on scenery and personal characteristics, bringing the place and people to life. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Critic, author, and debunker extraordinaire, G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) delighted in probing the ambiguities of Christian theology. A number of his most successful attempts at combining first-rate fiction with acute social observation appear in this original selection from his best detective stories featuring the priest-sleuth Father Brown. A Chestertonian version of Sherlock Holmes, this little cleric from Essex -- with "a face as round and dull as a Norfolk dumpling" and "eyes as empty as the North Sea" -- appears in six suspenseful, well-plotted tales: "The Blue Cross," "The Sins of Prince Saradine," "The Sign of the Broken Sword," "The Man in the Passage," "The Perishing of the Pendragons," and "The Salad of Colonel Cray." An essential item in any mystery collection, these delightful works offer a particular treat for lovers of vintage detective stories and will engage any reader. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — Cargando... GénerosSistema Decimal Melvil (DDC)823.912Literature English English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1901-1945Clasificación de la Biblioteca del CongresoValoraciónPromedio:
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