The Wisdom of Father Brown
Written by G.K Chesterton
Narrated by Josh Smith
3.5/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this audiobook
The Wisdom of Father Brown is the second book in the series of cases involving the eccentric yet competent detective.
Invented by renowned author, essayist and journalist G. K. Chesterton, Father Brown is an amateur sleuth whose day job involves preaching to his congregation at church. Chesterton himself was a committed Christian who wrote volumes of essays and fiction surrounding faith and spirituality, and would base his Father Brown stories upon a priest - Father John O'Connor - he himself knew.
Despite its intention as a parody, the Father Brown books became a popular hit in early 20th century Britain as well as the USA. Today they remain a well-considered and much-liked classic series which fans of detective fiction return to more than a century after their original publication.
Characterised by his easily digestible style, ready use and exposure of paradox, and his use of wit and humour to advance argument, Chesterton's fiction and non-fiction writings on the topics of human behaviour and wider society remain relevant and poignant to this day.
G.K Chesterton
G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) was a prolific English journalist and author best known for his mystery series featuring the priest-detective Father Brown and for the metaphysical thriller The Man Who Was Thursday. Baptized into the Church of England, Chesterton underwent a crisis of faith as a young man and became fascinated with the occult. He eventually converted to Roman Catholicism and published some of Christianity’s most influential apologetics, including Heretics and Orthodoxy.
More audiobooks from G.K Chesterton
The Floating Admiral Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Heretics Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related to The Wisdom of Father Brown
Related audiobooks
The Wisdom of Father Brown (Unabridged) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLead with Humility: 12 Leadership Lessons from Pope Francis Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Good Man Is Hard To Find And Other Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Wisdom of Father Brown Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Odyssey of the West VI: A Classic Education through the Great Books: The Twentieth Century Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5B. J. Harrison Reads The Blue Cross Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Empty House Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Algernon Blackwood - A Short Story Collection Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Growth of the Soil Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Running Wolf: Set in the Canadian wilderness, this is a gripping supernatural tale with Native American elements. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsQueens of the Wild: Pagan Goddesses in Christian Europe: An Investigation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5John Silence, Physician Extraordinary. Case VI: A Victim of Higher Space Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThey Were Christians: The Inspiring Faith of Men and Women Who Changed the World Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Lost In Transmission?: What We Can Know About the Words of Jesus Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cat's Cradle Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Final Word: Holding Tight to the Issues that Matter Most Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5What They Didn't Burn: Uncovering My Father's Holocaust Secrets Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Scarlet Letter Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTurn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5B. J. Harrison Reads The Call of Cthulhu Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Last Flight of Poxl West: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Search for the King Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Brontës: The True Story of the Life & Time of the Great Authors Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Jesuits in North America in the 17th Century Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Last Letter: A Father's Struggle, A Daughter's Quest and the Long Shadow of the Holocaust Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut: A Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Anthologies For You
Marple: Twelve New Mysteries Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Oz Reimagined: New Tales from the Emerald City and Beyond Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5MatchUp Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Behaving Badly Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Kink: Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Best American Short Stories 2022 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Book of Extraordinary Impossible Crimes and Puzzling Deaths: The Best New Original Stories of the Genre Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5FaceOff Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Shadow Over Innsmouth Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Best American Short Stories 2021 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHumour - A Short Story Collection Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dark Screams: Volume One Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Vintage Christmas: A Collection of Classic Stories and Poems Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dangerous Women: Original Stories from Today's Greatest Suspense Writers Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Stories from Suffragette City Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Timeless Classics Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Greatest Short Stories of All Time Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Anonymous Sex Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Classic American Short Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Howls From the Dark Ages: An Anthology of Medieval Horror Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Howls From Hell: A Horror Anthology Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Daughters of Latin America: An International Anthology of Writing by Latine Women Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Flight or Fright Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Haunted House Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Reunion Beach: Stories Inspired by Dorothea Benton Frank Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ghost Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2022 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Wisdom of Father Brown
10 ratings0 reviews