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Father Brown´s Éinfalt - bk178
Father Brown´s Éinfalt - bk178; Haffmans Verlag; G.K Chesterton; Paperback; 1991
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First published January 1, 1991
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G.K. Chesterton
3,869 books5,945 followersGilbert Keith Chesterton was an English writer, philosopher, lay theologian, and literary and art critic.
He was educated at St. Paul’s, and went to art school at University College London. In 1900, he was asked to contribute a few magazine articles on art criticism, and went on to become one of the most prolific writers of all time. He wrote a hundred books, contributions to 200 more, hundreds of poems, including the epic Ballad of the White Horse, five plays, five novels, and some two hundred short stories, including a popular series featuring the priest-detective, Father Brown. In spite of his literary accomplishments, he considered himself primarily a journalist. He wrote over 4000 newspaper essays, including 30 years worth of weekly columns for the Illustrated London News, and 13 years of weekly columns for the Daily News. He also edited his own newspaper, G.K.’s Weekly.
Chesterton was equally at ease with literary and social criticism, history, politics, economics, philosophy, and theology.
He was educated at St. Paul’s, and went to art school at University College London. In 1900, he was asked to contribute a few magazine articles on art criticism, and went on to become one of the most prolific writers of all time. He wrote a hundred books, contributions to 200 more, hundreds of poems, including the epic Ballad of the White Horse, five plays, five novels, and some two hundred short stories, including a popular series featuring the priest-detective, Father Brown. In spite of his literary accomplishments, he considered himself primarily a journalist. He wrote over 4000 newspaper essays, including 30 years worth of weekly columns for the Illustrated London News, and 13 years of weekly columns for the Daily News. He also edited his own newspaper, G.K.’s Weekly.
Chesterton was equally at ease with literary and social criticism, history, politics, economics, philosophy, and theology.
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June 2, 2020
Angefixt von der BBC Serie wollte ich mich schon seit Ewigkeiten auch literarisch mit Father Brown befassen. Das Ergebnis ist etwas ernüchternd. Der Vergleich mit Sherlock Holmes blieb unbewusst irgendwie nicht aus und da hat Father Brown (bisher) definitiv keine Chance. Wie immer bei Geschichtensammlungen gefallen manche Geschichten mehr, manche weniger, insgesamt bin ich aber schon relativ zufrieden. Mein größtes Problem war die fehlende Nähe zu Father Brown selbst. Er blieb leider ziemlich blass, nur selten waren mal persönlichere Anekdoten dabei um ihn etwas besser kennenzulernen. Da habe ich allerdings auch noch Hoffnung bei den Folgebänden.
November 13, 2020
Naja, hat mich nicht wirklich begeistert. Hab das Buch abgebrochen. Eher langweilig zum zuhören und man kommt nicht in die Geschichten wirklich rein. Schade. 😕
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