Innocence of Father Brown: Annotated

by Martin Gardner (Editor), G . K . Chesterton (Author), G . K . Chesterton (Author), Martin Gardner (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  1987

  $4.36

  The Innocence of Father Brown is the first, and in many people's view the best, collection of Chesterton's much-loved Father Brown stories. Father Brown, the unassuming Roman Catholic Priest from East Anglia, has long been a favorite of detective story fans everywhere for his charming and disarming personality and his infallible ability to solve crimes by skillful intuitive methods.
  As well as annotation, Martin Gardner provides a substantial introduction placing the stories in the context of Chesterton's other work, and includes a selection of the many delightful illustrations the stories have inspired. There is also a very full bibliography.
  About the Editor:
  Martin Gardner, world famous as a popular writer on mathematics and science, is also well known for his annotated editions of classics of English Literature, especially The Annotated Alice. His other publications include Science: Good, Bad and Bogus and The Whys of a Political Scrivener.

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  Paperback
  1988

  $3.38

  The first collection of Father Brown stories to be published in 1911 is the basis for this study, with notes providing both background details about England at the turn of the century and textual variations where significant. Martin Gardner has also written an introduction and a full bibliography is included. Martin Gardner is the annotator of The annotated snark , The annotated ancient mariner and The annotated Alice . Other Martin Gardner books published by OUP: Good, bad and bogus , Order and surprise The sacred beetle , The whys of a philosophical scrivener and Puzzles from other worlds .