The Wisdom of Father Brown - Couverture souple

Chesterton, G. K.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0141393289 ISBN 13 : 9780141393285

Editeur : Penguin Classics, 2014

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The second volume of stories featuring the most unlikely detective in literature - now the basis for a major BBC TV adaptation starring Mark Williams. The ingenious amateur detective Father Brown is put to the test again in this second collection of stories, which sees him solve cases featuring bandits, traitors, voodoo and murder, wrong-footing his opponents at every turn with his characteristic blend of mischievous humour and uncanny understanding of human foibles.G. K. Chesterton was born in 1874. He attended the Slade School of Art, where he appears to have suffered a nervous breakdown, before turning his hand to journalism. A prolific writer throughout his life, his best- known books include The Napoleon of Notting Hill (1904), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1922), The Man Who Was Thursday (1908) and the Father Brown stories. Chesterton converted to Roman Catholicism in 1922 and died in 1938.

Biographie de l'auteur :

About The Author Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936) was an English writer, lay theologian, poet, philosopher, and biographer. Chesterton is well known for his priest-detective Father Brown. Time magazine had this to say about the British author: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Classics
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0141393289
• ISBN 13: 9780141393285
• Reliure: Poche
• Nombre de pages: 256