'That sort of thing may be very well for crypts and cloisters and all sorts of moonshiny places. But ghosts can't get through a closed door in an American hotel.'Father Brown, the shrewd and modest cl
'Has it never struck you that a man who does next to nothing but hear men's real sins is not likely to be wholly unaware of human evil?'With his round face, pipe and umbrella, the shambling, bespectac
'The face of Father Brown . . . could shine with ignorance as well as knowledge. But there was always one flash when the foolish mask fell, and the wise mask fitted itself in its place.'The ingenious
'You see, I had murdered them all myself . . . I had thought out exactly how a thing like that could be done, and in what style or state of mind a man could really do it. And when I was quite sure tha
Chesterton wrote some of the best nonsense and satirical verse in the language. In this book, the main bias of the selection, however, will be towards Chesterton's non-fictional prose, where, the auth
Immortalized in these famous stories, G.K. Chesterton's endearing amateur sleuth has entertained countless generations of readers. For, as his admirers know, Father Brown's cherubic face and unworldly
