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The Secret of Father Brown

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

The Secret of Father Brown

Paper book: €21.99

Digital: €5.99

Original publication
1927
Monolingual
12 June 2026
Pages
466
Difficulty
Easy
Genres
Crime and Thriller, Adventure
Moods
Solve a mystery
Translated from
English

Book summary

Father Brown, a small priest with an absent-minded air, solves the crimes the police cannot understand. One day, an American visitor finally asks him for his secret. The priest's answer is surprising: to find the culprit, he puts himself in his shoes, to the point of imagining that he committed the crime himself.

This collection brings together eight short cases, such as “The Mirror of the Magistrate” and “The Man with Two Beards”. In Chesterton's stories, cleverness counts for less than knowledge of the human heart.

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

The plot

神父侦探揭开自己的秘密。弗朗博曾是法国的大罪犯,如今在西班牙过着平静的生活。他的老友布朗神父从英国前来探望。

The world of the book

20世纪20年代的英国。本书收录了八个短篇案件,故事大多发生在成书年代的英国。我们走进剧院的后台、田野中的村庄、算命人预言未来的游园会,以及海边的古堡。身材矮小的英国天主教神父布朗神父,在一个夜晚,于一位住在西班牙的朋友家中讲述了这些案件。

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