Gilbert Chesterton: 153 books

Anno 1984, a Londra. Una nuova forma di governo illuminata prevede l'elezione del sovrano con una curiosa, infallibile modalità: l'estrazione a sorte. L'ignaro prescelto è un impiegato ministriale un po' svitato, dotato di grande senso dell'umorismo, un uomo che rispolvera le bizzarre usanze feudali...

The Complete edition of Father Brown Series includes all five collections of mystery stories by G. K. Chesterton starring an unimposing but surprisingly capable Catholic priest Father Brown’s as a detective. Combining captivating stories and insightful commentary, The Father Brown...

The Incredulity of Father Brown is the third collection of mystery stories by G. K. Chesterton starring an unimposing but surprisingly capable Catholic priest Father Brown’s as a detective. Combining captivating stories and insightful commentary, The Incredulity of Father Brown is a delightful...

The Wisdom of Father Brown is the second collection of mystery stories by G. K. Chesterton starring an unimposing but surprisingly capable Catholic priest Father Brown’s as a detective. Combining captivating stories and insightful commentary, The Wisdom of Father Brown is a delightful read. This...

A collection of related short stories by British author G. K. Chesterton. Each story is centered on a person who is making his living by some novel and extraordinary means (a "queer trade"). To gain admittance to the Club, one must have a unique queer trade as principal source of income....

Vater Brown ist ein englischer katholischer Pfarrer, der als Hobby Kriminalfälle löst. Dies gelingt ihm, indem er sich in den Täter hineinversetzt, dabei das Verbrechen selbst begeht, wie er sagt. Dabei ist er aber weniger daran interessiert, Verbrecher der irdischen Gerechtigkeit auszuliefern,...

Vater Brown ist ein englischer katholischer Pfarrer, der als Hobby Kriminalfälle löst. Dies gelingt ihm, indem er sich in den Täter hineinversetzt, dabei das Verbrechen selbst begeht, wie er sagt. Dabei ist er aber weniger daran interessiert, Verbrecher der irdischen Gerechtigkeit auszuliefern,...

Rimarrebbe deluso chi pensasse di trovare in queste pagine un racconto puntuale intessuto di luoghi, fatti, incontri. Non manca – beninteso – nessuno di questi ingredienti, ma l'"Autobiografia" di Chesterton, uscita postuma nel 1936, è soprattutto la storia di un'intelligenza e di un'anima che...

Della cospicua produzione letteraria che il pubblicista e romanziere britannico ha dedicato al Natale, questo volume offre al lettore una selezione di testi in prosa e alcune poesie che spaziano dagli esordi letterari alla maturità. In queste pagine si ritrova la stessa verve ironica delle opere...

This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, Nook, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including eReaders, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display.

This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, Nook, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including eReaders, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display.

This book contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! Twelve mysteries featuring Father Brown, the short, stumpy Catholic priest with "uncanny insight into human evil."

In The Man Who Was Thursday we are transported to a surreal turn-of-the-century London, Gabriel Syme, a poet, is recruited to a secret anti-anarchist taskforce at Scotland Yard. Lucian Gregory, an anarchist poet, is the only poet in Saffron Park, until he loses his temper in an argument over the purpose...