The Wisdom of Father Brown explores many characters and fascinating themes such as the following. An eminent criminologist is persuaded by the mild yet persistent Father Brown to sort out a family matter. Also, a Tuscan poet fancies himself as the King of Thieves. A famous French philosopher and atheist holds the key to a new invention called “Noiseless Powder.” A corpse is discovered in a dark passage backstage at London's Adelphi Theater. Finally there is Psychometric testing of criminals ...
"Heretics," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton. First published in 1905. Read by David "Grizzly" Smith. Chesterton had a sense of humor, had a sense of drama, and had sense. He was a man of strong opinions, and quite willing to argue vehemently for his own opinions, even with his friends -- and they remained his friends -- like George Bernard Shaw and Rudyard Kipling. Seems to me that's hard to find anymore. He wrote prolifically. He wrote humor. He wrote mystery novels, the Fath ...
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Episode 21 - Thank you. If you liked this book, I hope you'll listen to the several others I've recorded for Podiobooks.com...
Part 20, "Closing Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy"
Part 19, "Slum Novelists and the Slums"
Part 18, "The Fallacy of the Young Nation"
Part 17, "On the Wit of Whistler"
Part 16, "On Mr. McCabe and a Divine Frivolity"
Part 15, "On Smart Novelists and the Smart Set"
Part 14, "On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family"
Part 13, "Celts and Celtophiles"
Part 12, "Paganism and Mr Lowes Dickinson"
Part 11, "Science and the Savages"
Part 9, "The Moods of Mr. George Moore"Part 10, "On Sandals and Simplicity"
Part 8, "The Mildness of the Yellow Press"
Part 7 , "Omar and the Sacred Vine"
Part 6, "Christmas and the Esthetes"
Part 5, "Mr. H.G. Wells and the Giants"
Part 4, "Mr. Bernard Shaw"
Part 3, "On Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Making the World Small"
Part 2, "On the Negative Spirit"
Part 1, "Introductory Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy"