Радиопостановка работы Гилберта Кийта Честертона This is a BBC radio adaptation "The Man Who was Thursday" from BBC radio drama company. There are seven members of the radical Central Anarchist Council who, for security purposes, name themselves after the days of the week - Sunday, Monday, etc. However, the turn of events soon cast doubt upon their true identities, for the man who was Thursday is not the impassioned young poet he pretends to be, but rather a member of Scotland Yard's anti-terrorist squad of secret detectives. Who and what are the true identities of the other days of the week?
The Blue Cross is the first Father Brown short story by Chesterton, who went on to write an entire series of Father Brown Mysteries. In this story, Aristide Valentin, head of the Paris Police, is on the trail of the world's most famous criminal, Flambeau, who is a master of disguise, and may appear to be anyone. Valentin deduces that Flambeau is going to try and steal The Blue Cross, a priceless silver cross with precious blue stones. Valentin must stop him, but in this case it is actually Father Brown who is the better detective.
Christmas by Gilbert Keith Chesterton from "All things considered"
Эссе Г.Честертона, изложенное, как всегда, в сатирическом, парадоксальном ключе. I cannot understand the people who take literature seriously; but I can love them, and I do. Out of my love I warn them to keep clear of this book.” This is how Chesterton introduces his 1908 collection of essays called All Things Considered.
Sherlock Holmes battles against a criminal organization in Conan Doyle's "The Five Orange Pips"; in Charles Dickens' "Hunted Down" a ruthless murderer is brought to justice; in "The Stir Outside the Caf? Royal" by Clarence Rook an American woman tracks down her fianc?'s killer; and in G.K.Chesterton's "The Oracle of the Dog" Father Brown solves a difficult murder case.
G.K. Chesterton - The Club of Queer Trades (Radio adaptation) + full text in pdf This radio adaptation "The Club of Queer Trades" dramatised by Simon Littlefield and directed by Simon Nichols consist of 6 episodes.
This excellent half-parody of the detective story (particularly of the Sherlock Holmes stories) is a good introduction to the whimsical, off-beat style of G. K. Chesterton, one of the most unusual authors of British detective fiction of the late 19th and early 20th century.
Christmas by Gilbert Keith Chesterton from "All things considered"
