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- Samantha
- 04-01-20
Good collection, bad editing, bad American accent
I liked these stories. It took me a few to get into them and I would often get confused between one story ending and another beginning which I solved by always adding a sleep timer to end at the end of the chapter. The reader is pretty good but there are some weird jumps and repeats in the editing and he has a pretty bad American accent. Overall, I liked that the same reader reads all of the stories.
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- Sylvia Sawyer
- 09-26-20
Great stories ruined by narrator
This narrator shouts the words at the listener like a drill sergeant, with no wit or charm or twinkle which is needed for these warm stories. Suggest buying a different version.
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- Kindle Customer
- 10-15-19
Not complete - recording terminates at 36%
Paired with ebook for immersion reading and enjoyed ... until recording terminates just as "Pendragon" tale ending
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- Carolyn
- 12-16-20
Not quite what I was hoping for
I enjoy the series but found the reading rather dry and dull. I guess I just had my heart set on feeling the same enjoyment I do of the TV series.
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- Ms Peach
- 04-28-20
Amazing collections
This is an amazing collection of the Father Brown Mysteries. I love listening to this book and will repeat it. Every chapter is a complete mystery so it is easy to stop and start the book. This will be a treasure in your library
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- Joseph G. Simpson
- 10-23-19
Good but not Great
While GKC is deserving of many accolades, writing not the least, writing murder mysteries are not that which elevates him above the common and on occasion, juvenile and even vulgar. AC Doyle sets the standard, peaks the interest, holds the attention, and leaves the reader desiring more.
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- Hoppermomma
- 01-31-20
Father Brown in any form is a treat
Father Brown is as charming here as he is anywhere. A wonderful rendition of much told mysteries makes them feel new again. Worth the time and money!
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- Anonymous User
- 07-02-20
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- Gmaw G
- 12-24-20
I'm a Father Brown Super-fan
Loved the Narrator (spot on) and could likely listen to Stephen S. read practically anything. I actually enjoyed these stories more than the PBS Series with one very disturbing issue. I had to recall that the author wrote these rather a long time ago because not only were there racially offensive words on occasion but a hint of the sentiment as well. It took me quite aback and I considered dropping off it altogether. But I reminded myself that the author was naturally one more wretched victim of that era's ignorant racial biases.
That aside I truly appreciate the artistry of Chestertons' description of both scenes and characters, Father B's wit and odd sense of humor and ethical view of every case. Like I said I'm a Super-fan!
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- Linda
- 04-10-22
Not charming like the show.
The quality of the recording is bad. Many skips or technical problems. Also, this is not a charming audiobook. Nothing like the show.
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- tankgirl2000
- 01-30-20
dreary
hard to listen to and to follow the stories because of the dreary, monotonous narration.
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- Janbo127
- 12-11-19
Woeful
I liked the tv series so thought this would be the same.
Wrong.
The narrator has a monotone voice so all the participants sounded as Sean Connery or Micheal Cane were narrating.
May be just me, I found the whole of part 1 hard to follow, so the rest will not get a listen or mention.
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- ralph freeman
- 12-03-19
Brilliant
Was spell bound could not wait to get back to it recommended buy worth read
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- darkmark
- 11-15-19
bloody marvelous
The father brown stories are an exceptional piece of work.
I'd advise everybody to give em a try.
they're very much of their time.
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- Kazasid
- 09-29-19
hard work
not for me hard work I had to abandon it hope you find it better than I did
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- Tenzin
- 07-23-20
Just sooo boring!
I got into it but only lasted a chapter, oh and us Scottish "devil worshipers" didn't help it's cause lol.
ps why isn't the chapters set out in the book or program etc cause there's no way to tell where the next episode starts
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- Dai Wynne-Jones
- 01-18-20
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Had major problems with this book. Downloaded first time, it was slow. When tried to listen a little alert came up stating it was unable to run it. So deleted and tried again, second time it stopped about ten minutes into first story! Read tales some years back and was looking forward to listening to them. No wonder it was so cheap! Not sure why its so bad running/downloading. The narrator was dire. what i heard of it too.. Avoid if I were you. sending it back
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- KC
- 12-16-19
Monotonous narration
The stories might be ok, but it drags and you miss some of the story because you stop listening at times...feels so uninteresting due to the narrator not being up to scratch. Overall, downloaded 41 hours and listened to only 3 hours worth, one to avoid unless you only listen to one chapter every so often
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- 10-15-19
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This title would not download onto my iPad. It was fine on my computer and iPhone, but when completed on the iPad a box appears telling me that the file was corrupted, please try again! This has not happened with any other Audiobook I have purchased.
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- Greg
- 03-25-21
Good narration, easy listening.
As someone unfamiliar with the TV show I found myself enjoying these short stories which are similar in style to Sherlock Holmes. If you're looking for a romping narrative and nail biting tension this probably isnt the audiobook for you. The stories contained within can be digested individually with no need to start at the beginning. I found this easy listening whilst working from home and driving as I could zone in and out without feeling that I had missed a key plot line. Great if like me you stick an audiobook on before going to bed and can never remember where you were up to by the time you fell asleep! The narrator is easy on the ears and consistent throughout.
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The GK Chesterton Collection
- Heretics, Orthodoxy, The Ball and the Cross, What's Wrong with the World, The Ballad of the White Horse, The Flying Inn, A Short History of England, The Dregs of Puritanism, & Liberalism
- By: G. K. Chesterton
- Narrated by: Museum Audiobooks Cast
- Length: 51 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was a British writer, philosopher, lay theologian, and literary critic. Chesterton wrote around 80 books, several hundred poems, some 200 short stories, several plays, plus 4,000 essays and newspaper columns. He was a columnist for the Daily News and The Illustrated London News.Â
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Thoroughly enriched, enlightened and entertained.
- By dylan atkinson on 06-14-21
By: G. K. Chesterton
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Father Brown
- By: G. K. Chesterton
- Narrated by: Bill Wallis
- Length: 2 hrs and 44 mins
- Abridged
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These four stories test Father Brown in many ways, creating headaches a plenty. However, Father Brown is nothing if not redoubtable and whilst Chesterton's stories are, in his own words, "very slight and improbable", his method is all his own. Bill Wallis captures perfectly the mood and tone of Father Brown in this collection.
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Short
- By chambs on 09-22-17
By: G. K. Chesterton
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The Innocence of Father Brown
- By: G. K. Chesterton
- Narrated by: Alastair Cameron
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Father Brown was a character created by G.K. Chesterton and draws inspiration from Arthur Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. While Sherlock Holmes' detective career relies on his logic and deduction, Father Brown relies on sympathy and intuition to solve mysteries and crime. The Innocence of Father Brown is a collection of 12 stories that have Father Brown doing what he does best; being a detective.
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A Wonderful Narration
- By James on 12-02-16
By: G. K. Chesterton
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The Innocence of Father Brown
- By: G. K. Chesterton
- Narrated by: Stephen Scalon
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Chesterton portrays Father Brown as a short, stumpy Roman Catholic priest, with shapeless clothes and a large umbrella, and an uncanny insight into human evil. "How in Tartarus," cried Flambeau, "did you ever hear of the spiked bracelet?" - "Oh, one's little flock, you know!" said Father Brown, arching his eyebrows rather blankly. "When I was a curate in Hartlepool, there were three of them with spiked bracelets." Not long after he published Orthodoxy, G. K. Chesterton moved from London to Beaconsfield, and met Father O'Connor.
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Delightful Suprise
- By AD & JD on 09-17-19
By: G. K. Chesterton
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The Man Who Was Thursday
- By: G. K. Chesterton
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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The story begins when two poets meet. Gabriel Syme is a poet of law. Lucian Gregory is a poetic anarchist. As the poets protest their respective philosophies, they strike a challenge. In the ruckus that ensues, the Central European Council of Anarchists elects Syme to the post of Thursday, one of their seven chief council positions. Undercover. On the run, Syme meets with Sunday, the head of the council, a man so outrageously mysterious that his antics confound both the law-abiding and the anarchist.
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Indescribably good
- By Erez on 06-11-10
By: G. K. Chesterton
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Father Brown: The Complete Series 1 and 2
- 13 BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: G. K. Chesterton
- Narrated by: Andrew Sachs, full cast
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Original Recording
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With his black hat, huge umbrella, unworldly simplicity and 'beaming but breathless geniality', Father Brown is one of fiction's best-loved amateur detectives. Short and tatty, but with the wisdom and insight to unravel the most wayward of criminal minds, he has entertained generations. In this collection of 13 full-cast dramatisations, the high priest of detection becomes involved in seven intriguing cases that will tax even his mental powers to the limit.
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excellent and funny
- By Delphine on 07-04-21
By: G. K. Chesterton
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The GK Chesterton Collection
- Heretics, Orthodoxy, The Ball and the Cross, What's Wrong with the World, The Ballad of the White Horse, The Flying Inn, A Short History of England, The Dregs of Puritanism, & Liberalism
- By: G. K. Chesterton
- Narrated by: Museum Audiobooks Cast
- Length: 51 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was a British writer, philosopher, lay theologian, and literary critic. Chesterton wrote around 80 books, several hundred poems, some 200 short stories, several plays, plus 4,000 essays and newspaper columns. He was a columnist for the Daily News and The Illustrated London News.Â
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Thoroughly enriched, enlightened and entertained.
- By dylan atkinson on 06-14-21
By: G. K. Chesterton
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Father Brown
- By: G. K. Chesterton
- Narrated by: Bill Wallis
- Length: 2 hrs and 44 mins
- Abridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
These four stories test Father Brown in many ways, creating headaches a plenty. However, Father Brown is nothing if not redoubtable and whilst Chesterton's stories are, in his own words, "very slight and improbable", his method is all his own. Bill Wallis captures perfectly the mood and tone of Father Brown in this collection.
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Short
- By chambs on 09-22-17
By: G. K. Chesterton
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The Innocence of Father Brown
- By: G. K. Chesterton
- Narrated by: Alastair Cameron
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Father Brown was a character created by G.K. Chesterton and draws inspiration from Arthur Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. While Sherlock Holmes' detective career relies on his logic and deduction, Father Brown relies on sympathy and intuition to solve mysteries and crime. The Innocence of Father Brown is a collection of 12 stories that have Father Brown doing what he does best; being a detective.