Literature · Catholic tradition
The Secret of Father Brown
G. K. Chesterton. The fourth Father Brown collection, eight mysteries set inside a frame story in which the priest explains his method. This volume does not contain the complete Father Brown series.
By G. K. Chesterton. 1 edition, with a text you can read on this site.
Reading editions & sources
Stories
- The Secret of Father Brown
- The Mirror of the Magistrate
- The Man with Two Beards
- The Song of the Flying Fish
- The Actor and the Alibi
- The Vanishing of Vaudrey
- The Worst Crime in the World
- The Red Moon of Meru
- The Chief Mourner of Marne
- The Secret of Flambeau
The Father Brown collections
- The Innocence of Father Brown (1911): read here, 12 stories on their own pages
- The Wisdom of Father Brown (1914): read here, 12 stories on their own pages
- The Incredulity of Father Brown (1926). Public domain in the US. Read the 1926 scan at the Internet Archive; full text here is coming. Stories: The Resurrection of Father Brown, The Arrow of Heaven, The Oracle of the Dog, The Miracle of Moon Crescent, The Curse of the Golden Cross, The Dagger with Wings, The Doom of the Darnaways, and The Ghost of Gideon Wise.
- The Secret of Father Brown (1927), this book: read here, 10 stories on their own pages
- The Scandal of Father Brown (1935). Published 1935, after this library’s 1931 cutoff, so it is not hosted or linked as a full text here. Find a library copy. WorldCat · Open Library
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Related
- More by G. K. Chesterton: Orthodoxy, The Everlasting Man, The Innocence of Father Brown, The Man Who Was Thursday, Saint Francis of Assisi, Heretics, What's Wrong with the World, The Ball and the Cross
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