The wisdom of Father Brown

by G. K. Chesterton

Summary

G. K. Chesterton's second Father Brown collection, from 1914, sends the unassuming priest to a dozen more puzzles. A reader finds humour, paradox and moral surprise. This book uses the racial and other slurs of its period as written; the Book Guide explains these words where they occur.

Written by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI assistant, from the text of the book.

Chapters (12)

  1. 1. ONE -- The Absence of Mr Glass
  2. 2. TWO. -- The Paradise of Thieves
  3. 3. THREE -- The Duel of Dr Hirsch
  4. 4. FOUR -- The Man in the Passage
  5. 5. FIVE -- The Mistake of the Machine
  6. 6. SIX -- The Head of Caesar
  7. 7. SEVEN -- The Purple Wig
  8. 8. EIGHT -- The Perishing of the Pendragons
  9. 9. NINE -- The God of the Gongs
  10. 10. TEN -- The Salad of Colonel Cray
  11. 11. ELEVEN -- The Strange Crime of John Boulnois
  12. 12. TWELVE -- The Fairy Tale of Father Brown

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