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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

三名证人看见了同一个身影。在伦敦,一位著名女演员在她剧院旁的狭窄通道里遇害。案发时,三个男人在这条通道里看见了一个黑影。庭审时,第一人描述了一个长发的高大身形。第二人描述的是某种野兽。第三人是布朗神父,一位矮小的天主教神父。他看到的身形头上有两个尖尖的突起,像一对角。他还断言,自己知道那是谁。

The world of the book

横跨欧洲的十二桩案件。本书收录十二桩案件,故事发生在1910年前后。布朗神父是一位矮小的英国天主教神父,常与朋友弗兰博结伴出行,后者曾是个大盗。我们跟随他们来到北海之滨、伦敦的一家剧院、巴黎、意大利的群山,以及英格兰西部一处岩石嶙峋的海岸。神父一次次遇到对自己的科学深信不疑的学者。

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