Father Brown Stories - format ePub

Als er sich von dem Objekt seiner Begutachtung abwandte, traf er beinahe auf einen Mann, der gerade über die Straße auf ihn zugeschossen kam. Es war ein Mann, den er zwar ein wenig kannte, der ihn aber...

Dieser merkwürdige Vorfall ist in gewisser Weise vielleicht der merkwürdigste von den vielen, die ihm in die Quere kamen. Er passierte Pfarrer Brown zu einem Zeitpunkt, als sein französischer Freund Flambeau...

Das Rätsel, warum er Kleidungsstücke von so fantastischer Altertümlichkeit trug und sie dennoch mit einem Hauch von Mode und sogar prahlerisch präsentierte, war nur eines der vielen Rätsel, die schließlich...

Der vorliegende Band enthält die schönsten Krimis und Detektivgeschichten mit Father Brown. Äußerlich ist Father Brown unscheinbar, doch hinter der harmlosen Gestalt verbirgt sich ein scharfer Verstand....

Once upon a time there were two little boys who lived chiefly in the front garden, because their villa was a model one. The front garden was about the same size as the dinner table; it consisted of four...

Non siamo più nei primi del novecento... questa è la Londra del futuro e questi i mitici anni Ottanta! Ma scordatevi il punk, la musica disco e i walkman — e scordatevi anche la famiglia reale, se per...

Cosa succede se le persone non possono più andare al pub? Semplice, il pub va da loro. O almeno questo è l’obiettivo di Humphrey Pump, un oste inglese obbligato a chiudere la propria taverna, e del suo...

Un prete di paese che risolve delitti e misteri? Vi ricorda qualcuno? Scommetto che state pensando proprio a lui, a padre Brown, il protagonista di questa raccolta di storie brevi. Dotato di un fiuto...

In this collection of essays, G. K. Chesterton matches his wits against some of the greatest issues of the 20th century. Imperialism, politics, education, and feminism are put to debate as Chesterton...

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Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936) was an English writer. He wrote on philosophy, ontology, poetry, plays, journalism, public lectures and debates, literary and art criticism, biography, Christian apologetics,...

Here you will find the complete Father Brown stories in the chronological order of their original publication. - The Innocence of Father Brown - The Wisdom of Father Brown - The Donnington Affair - The...

Here you will find the complete Father Brown stories in the chronological order of their original publication. - The Innocence of Father Brown - The Wisdom of Father Brown - The Donnington Affair - The...

"Men may keep a sort of level of good, but no man has ever been able to keep on one level of evil. That road goes down and down." A rich, old man has been mysteriously stabbed, and no one can figure...

Les amoureux de Chesterton se réjouiront de l’édition en livre numérique de cette vie de saint Thomas d’Aquin. L’auteur propose un ouvrage original, somme toute assez loin d’une simple biographie : Chesterton...

Sous le crépuscule des faubourgs de l'est londonien, deux poètes se disputent sur la nature de leur art. Lucien Gregory est anarchiste ; Gabriel Syme est amoureux de l'ordre. Afin de prouver le sérieux...

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Here you will find the complete Father Brown stories in the chronological order of their original publication. - The Innocence of Father Brown - The Wisdom of Father Brown - The Donnington Affair - The...

Shabby and lumbering, with a face like a Norfolk dumpling, Father Brown makes for an improbable super-sleuth. But his innocence is the secret of his success: refusing the scientific method of detection,...

G. K. Chestertonin 'Isä Brownin yksinkertaisuus: Salapoliisikertomuksia' on kokoelma novelleja, joissa pääosassa on nokkela ja inhimillinen pappi, Isä Brown. Kokoelma yhdistää jännityksen ja huumorin,...

G. K. Chestertonin teos "Isä Brownin viisaus: Salapoliisikertomuksia" esittelee lukijalle sarjan mestarillisia salapoliisi-kertomuksia, joissa keskeisessä roolissa on omaperäinen ja sydämellinen pappi,...

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Es wäre nicht fair, die Abenteuer von Pfarrer Brown aufzuzeichnen, ohne zuzugeben, dass er einst in einen schwerwiegenden Skandal verwickelt war. Es gibt immer noch Personen, vielleicht sogar aus seiner...

Die merkwürdige Geschichte der ungewöhnlichen Fremden ist noch heute an jenem Streifen der Küste von Sussex in Erinnerung, wo das große und ruhige Hotel namens Maypole and Garland über seine eigenen Gärten...

Professor Openshaw, eine schlanke Gestalt mit blassen, leoninfarbenen Haaren und hypnotisierend blauen Augen, tauschte auf den Stufen vor dem Hotel, wo beide an diesem Morgen gefrühstückt und die Nacht...

Die beiden Männer, die auf Gartenstühlen an einem kleinen Tisch saßen, waren dagegen eine Art herausstechender Schandfleck in dieser grau-grünen Landschaft. Sie waren überwiegend schwarz gekleidet, und...

Es ist eine abrupte und seltsame Art von Brief, dachte Pfarrer Brown.... LIEBER MUGGLETON, Ich hätte nie gedacht, dass ich Hilfe dieser Art benötigen würde; aber ich bin fast fertig mit den Dingen. In...

Die zweite Gestalt war viel eigenwilliger; etwas eigentümlicher im Aussehen, trotz der Uniform eines korrekten Leutnants, und außergewöhnlicher im Verhalten. Sie bewegte sich seltsam unregelmäßig und...

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