Production
Read by: Kirsten Wever
Book Coordinator: Kirsten Wever
Meta Coordinator: TriciaG
Proof Listener: TriciaG
Artwork
Cover: Cover of the first edition, Cassell & Co., London, 1927
Inset: Photo of Gilbert Keith Chesterton, author unknown
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Track Title / Length
1 01 - Introduction - The Secret of Father Brown 0:27
2 02 - Chapter 1, Part 1: The Mirror of the Magistrate 0:26
3 03 - Chapter 1, Part 2: The Mirror of the Magistrate 0:33
4 04 - Chapter 2, Part 1: The Man with Two Beards 0:34
5 05 - Chapter 2, Part 2: The Man with Two Beards 0:29
6 06 - Chapter 3, Part 1: The Song of the Flying Fish 0:36
7 07 - Chapter 3, Part 2: The Song of the Flying Fis 0:24
8 08 - Chapter 4, Part 1: The Actor and the Alibi 0:33
9 09 - Chapter 4, Part 2: The Actor and the Alibi 0:25
10 10 - Chapter 5, Part 1: The Vanishing of Vaudrey 0:36
11 11 - Chapter 5, Part 2: The Vanishing of Vaudrey 0:24
12 12 - Chapter 6, Part 1: The Worst Crime in the World 0:21
13 13 - Chapter 6, Part 2: The Worst Crime in the World 0:32
14 14 - Chapter 7, Part 1: The Red Moon of Meru 0:27
15 15 - Chapter 7, Part 2: The Red Moon of Meru 0:25
16 16 - Chapter 8, Part 1: The Chief Mourner of Marne 0:31
17 17 - Chapter 8, Part 2: The Chief Mourner of Marne 0:35
18 18 - Conclusion: The Secret of Flambeau 0:20
The Secret of Father Brown is the fourth collection of short stories by G. K. Chesterton featuring the character of Father Brown, a short, stocky Roman Catholic priest who spends much of his time sleuthing about and solving crimes and mysteries using his intuition and understanding of human nature, especially evil. The book jacket blurb states that “Father Brown is the one detective in English fiction, besides Sherlock Holmes, whose entertaining personality is so human and unique that he has achieved a living individuality.” The “secret” of Father Brown is that he can understand the murderer from within, as described below.
“I don’t try to get outside the man. I try to get inside the murderer… Indeed, it’s much more than that, don’t you see? I am inside a man. I am always inside a man, moving his arms and legs; but I wait till I know I am inside a murderer, thinking his thoughts, wrestling with his passions; till I have bent myself into the posture of his hunched and peering hatred; till I see the world with his bloodshot and squinting eyes, looking between the blinkers of his half-witted concentration; looking up the short and sharp perspective of a straight road to a pool of blood. Till I am really a murderer.”
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Item Info | |
EAN - DVD case | 0674012595740 |
EAN - CD jacket | 0674012595757 |
Media | MP3 CD |
Package | DVD case, CD jacket, CD security sleeve, download zip file |
Author | G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936) |
Year | 1927 |
Recording | |
Read by | Kirsten Wever |
Length | 8 hours and 48 minutes |
Type of Reading | Solo |
The Secret of Father Brown
- Author: G. K. Chesterton
- Product Code: DB-1347
- Availability: In Stock
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