Having been written around 100 years ago, I found the style of writing a bit difficult to follow in some parts although the short stories were very cleverly plotted with vivid descriptive detail. A thinking person's book, which is a nice change to some of the more modern 'action-packed' novels, I...
I feel kind of harsh giving this book 2 stars, since I really enjoyed the first five stories, which were the ones I was reading for university. In fact, I enjoyed them so much I decided to carry on reading this 700-odd page anthology, even though the required reading for the module was only the f...
The first time I picked up this book, I was working in a library. I flipped it open and found this conversation:". . . But the cold fact remains: imprudent marriages do lead to long unhappiness and disappointment - you've got used to your drinks and things - I shan't be pretty much longer-""Impru...
Chesterton was a contemporary of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; and though he created his principal fictional sleuth, Father Brown, after Doyle had written the bulk of the Holmes canon, he can also claim a formative role (though not nearly so important as Doyle's) in the shaping of the genre. Father Bro...
“The President is not with them, anyhow,” he said, and wiped his forehead. “But surely they are right away on the horizon,” said the bewildered Colonel, blinking and but half recovered from Bull’s hasty though polite explanation. “Could you possibly know your President among all those people?” “C...
