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The Innocence of Father Brown

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

The Innocence of Father Brown

Paper book: €24.99

Digital: €5.99

Original publication
1911
Monolingual
12 June 2026
Pages
592
Difficulty
Easy
Genres
Crime and Thriller
Moods
Solve a mystery
Translated from
English

Book summary

Father Brown is a small, clumsy Catholic priest, always weighed down by a big umbrella, and no one suspects him. Yet he is the one who unmasks criminals where the police fail: a disguised master thief, a murderer no one saw come in, a crime committed at the foot of a church.

His secret: from listening to so many confessions, he knows evil better than anyone. These twelve short cases have made him one of the most endearing detectives in literature.

You can read each case in one sitting in the language you are learning.

The plot

パリの警察トップ、大泥棒を追う。パリ警察の長官ヴァランタンがイギリスに到着する。狙うは、いつも警察の手を逃れる大男の泥棒フランボウだ。

The world of the book

1910年ごろのイギリス。本書には、執筆当時を舞台にした十二の短い事件が収められている。いくつかはロンドンが舞台だ。大富豪たちのクラブが晩餐会を開く高級ホテル、雪の降る通り、クリスマスを迎えた一家の屋敷。ほかにもブラウン神父は、イングランド東部の小さな川、スコットランドの城、パリの庭園へと足を運ぶ。

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