Published in 1914, The Wisdom of Father Brown is the second collection of stories featuring G. K. Chesterton’s gentle clerical detective — twelve more cases in which Father Brown’s unassuming manner conceals a penetrating understanding of human nature and the logic of wrongdoing. The stories range across Europe, bringing Chesterton’s vivid descriptive gifts to bear on a variety of exotic settings.
Chesterton’s paradoxes, his comedy, and his moral seriousness are in perfect balance throughout. Download this free EPUB from Better Gutenberg for all twelve stories in the second Father Brown collection.