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A Father Brown Mystery taken from The Innocence of Father Brown. This version is great way to introduce someone to G. K. Chesterton's great amateur detective.

The Invisible Man

A Father Brown Mystery

This edition contains the original and unabridged text of Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton. Orthodoxy, by G. K. Chesterton, has become a classic of Christian apologetics. Chesterton considered this book a companion to his other work, Heretics, writing it expressly in response to G.S. Street's criticism of the earlier work, "that he was not going to bother about his theology until I had really stated mine." In the book's preface Chesterton states the purpose is to "attempt an explanation, not of whether the Christian faith can be believed, but of how he personally has come to believe it." In it, Chesterton presents an original view of Christian religion. He sees it as the answer to natural human needs, the "answer to a riddle" in his own words, and not simply as an arbitrary truth received from somewhere outside the boundaries of human experience. The book was written when Chesterton was an Anglican. He converted to Catholicism 14 years later. Chesterton chose the title, Orthodoxy, to focus instead on the plainness of the Apostles' Creed, though he admitted the general sound of the title was "a thinnish sort of thing."

Original and Unabridged

Orthodoxy

The Everlasting Man

Gilbert Keith Chesterton's A Short History of England is an inviting introduction to British history through the end of the nineteenth century.

A Short History of England

Stories, Essays and Poems contains a collection of G. K. Chesterton's works. Within is a selection of some of his stories, including "The Blue Cross", "The Secret Garden" and "The Queer Feet". His Essays, such as "The Fallacy of Success", "The Mad Official" and "Hard Times". As well as a large selection of his poems, including "Alone", "An Alliance" and "The Aristocrat".

Stories, Essays and Poems

The Ballad of the White Horse by G. K. Chesterton, 1911.The Ballad of the White Horse is a poem about theidealised exploits of the Saxon King Alfred the Great. Written in ballad form, the work has been described as one of thelast great traditional epic poems written in the Englishlanguage.The poem narrates how Alfred was able to defeat theinvading Danes at the Battle of Ethandun under the auspices of Godworking through the agency of the Virgin Mary. In addition to being anarration of Alfred's military and political accomplishments, it isalso considered a Catholic allegory.Gilbert Keith Chesterton(1874 - 1936),was an English literary and social critic, historian, playwright, novelist, Catholic Christian theologian, debater and mystery writer. Chesterton is often referred to as the "prince of paradox". Time magazine has observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs,allegories - first carefully turning them inside out."This Easy on the Eyes Edition features: 16 point type - larger than the 10pt or 11pt type used for most published fiction. The Tiresias font, a well designed typeface that's easy to read at large sizes. The font was created for the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), a British charity. Generous spacing between lines of text (130% leading) Ample margins.

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The Ballad of the White Horse

Clerical detective Father Brown is introduced for the first time in this collection of twelve stories. From catching international criminals to simpler wrongdoings, and saving lost souls along the way, Father Brown will stop at nothing to solve each and every crime.The Innocence of Father Brown is followed by The Wisdom of Father Brown, The Incredulity of Father Brown, The Secret of Father Brown, and The Scandal of Father Brown.

The Innocence of Father Brown

A Father Brown Mystery taken from The Wisdom of Father Brown. This version is great way to introduce someone to G. K. Chesterton's great amateur detective.

The Perishing of the Pendragons

This premium quality edition contains the complete and unabridged original classic version of The Innocence of Father Brown, including twelve stories featuring G.K Chesterton's mystery-solving priest, and The Wisdom of Father Brown, including another twelve original Father Brown Mysteries, printed on heavy, bright white 60# papermin a large 6"x9" format, with page headers and a fully laminated full-color cover featuring an original design. Mystery fans unfamiliar with Father Brown may find Chesterton's stories a bit different. Many of the stories don't quite fit either the standard ("Whodunit?") or inverted ("Howcatchem?") styles common to the mystery genre, and Father Brown is frequently less concerned with the apprehension of the wrongdoer than with getting him to understand, and admit, the error of his ways. With his powers of observation and attention to details, and a knowledge of crime and criminals derived in no small part from his years as a priest hearing confessions, Father Brown frequently finds the solution through a strictly rational reasoning process more concerned with psychological, spiritual and philosophic truths than with scientific investigation. This particular volume contains twelve of Chesterton's original Father Brown adventures, published as individual short stories and first collected and published in book form under the title The Innocence of Father Brown in 1911 and twelve additional mysteries first collected and published in book form under the title The Wisdom of Father Brown in 1914 G.K. Chesterton... Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was an English writer,lay theologian, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, literary critic, and biographer, best known today for his Father Brown mystery stories and such social commentary as "Heretics," "Orthodoxy," and "The Everlasting Man." Descriptive material (c) 2014-2915 Summit Classic Press, All rights reserved.

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