Literature · Catholic tradition
The Incredulity of Father Brown
G. K. Chesterton. The third Father Brown collection, eight stories in which apparent miracles, curses, and oracles are explained. Read the 1926 scan at the Internet Archive; full text here is coming.
By G. K. Chesterton. 1 edition, each linked at its source.
Reading editions & sources
- Internet Archive scan (New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1926) · Source
The Father Brown collections
- The Innocence of Father Brown (1911): read here, 12 stories on their own pages
- The Wisdom of Father Brown (1914): read here, 12 stories on their own pages
- The Incredulity of Father Brown (1926), this book. Public domain in the US. Read the 1926 scan at the Internet Archive; full text here is coming. Stories: The Resurrection of Father Brown, The Arrow of Heaven, The Oracle of the Dog, The Miracle of Moon Crescent, The Curse of the Golden Cross, The Dagger with Wings, The Doom of the Darnaways, and The Ghost of Gideon Wise.
- The Secret of Father Brown (1927): read here, 10 stories on their own pages
- The Scandal of Father Brown (1935). Published 1935, after this library’s 1931 cutoff, so it is not hosted or linked as a full text here. Find a library copy. WorldCat · Open Library
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Related
- More by G. K. Chesterton: Orthodoxy, The Everlasting Man, The Innocence of Father Brown, The Man Who Was Thursday, Saint Francis of Assisi, Heretics, What's Wrong with the World, The Ball and the Cross
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