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The Wisdom of Father Brown

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

The Wisdom of Father Brown

Paper book: €24.99

Digital: €5.99

Original publication
1914
Monolingual
12 June 2026
Pages
539
Difficulty
Easy
Genres
Crime and Thriller, Philosophy
Moods
Solve a mystery, Think it through
Translated from
English

Book summary

Father Brown, a small Catholic priest with an absent-minded air, solves cases that baffle the police and the experts, often with his friend Flambeau, a former thief turned detective. A scientist accused of treason in Paris, travellers held up by brigands in the mountains of Italy, an old Cornish family: each puzzle is solved thanks to a detail no one else noticed.

Twelve detective stories full of humour and paradox, in which this quiet priest, who knows the human heart well, guesses the truth before anyone else.

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

The plot

Drie getuigen zagen dezelfde gestalte. In Londen wordt een beroemde actrice vermoord in de smalle gang naast haar theater. Op het moment van de misdaad zagen drie mannen een donkere gestalte in die gang. Op het proces…

The world of the book

Twaalf zaken dwars door Europa. Het boek bundelt twaalf zaken die rond 1910 spelen. Father Brown, een kleine Engelse katholieke priester, reist vaak met zijn vriend Flambeau, een voormalige dief. We volgen hen aan de…

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