Calvin College. Christian Classics Ethereal Library.
Droemersche Verlagsanstalt Th. Knaur Nachfolger.
Grant, Basil (Fictitious character) Fiction.
Le club des métiers bizarres lub of queer trades
El Club dels negocis estranys
The six "Club" tales contained in this volume are an excellent near-parody of detective stories the late 19th and early 20th century (and in particular of the Sherlock Holmes stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle). Together, they form a pleasant introduction to G.K. Chesterton's whimsical, offbeat style of detective fiction.
"Was hat das alles nur zu bedeuten?" Immer wieder stellt sich der biedere Swinburne diese Frage, während er mit seinem Freund Basil Grant, einem Richter ausser Dienst, und dessen Bruder Rupert in den Gassen von London in eine geheimnisvolle Welt eintaucht, in der schier unglaubliche Kriminalfälle auf die ungleichen Freunde warten. Stets verirrt sich Rupert, als nüchterner Privatdetektiv eine Karikatur des Sherlock Holmes, in haltlose Theorien, da seine Vernunftschlüsse der verwirrenden Wirklichkeit nicht standhalten. Basil Grant aber, der weise und scheinbar so weltfremde Richter, löst die Rätsel mit einem Blick für die einfachen Wahrheiten, die unter einer täuschenden Oberfläche verborgen liegen. - Ein Vorläufer der Erzählungen vom Priesterdetektiv Father Brown - und ein phantastisches und bizarres Porträt der Stadt London in der unnachahmlichen Art Chestertons.
Il club dei mestieri stravaganti
Mystery and detective fiction
Klub niezwykłych zawodów
Short stories
Equally well-known for his sophisticated philosophy tracts and his top-notch detective fiction, G.K. Chesterton was himself something of a literary jack-of-all-trades. This beloved collection of detective stories and mysteries is based on a club that is only open to those who rely on unusual or extraordinary lines of work as their main source of income. A fast-paced, purely enjoyable collection that is sure to tickle the fancy of classic detective fiction fans.
The club of queer trades : withall 32 orig. ill. by the author
The club of queer trades ; The Napoleon of notting hill ; Ball and the cross ; The man who was Thursday
Detective and mystery stories
Der Club für bizarre Berufe Londoner Erzählungen
The club of Queer Trades
Collections
Club of queer trades
The club of queer trades : the Napoleon of Notting Hill ; The ball and the cross ; the man who was Thursday
El Club dels oficis extravagants
Klub podivných živností ; Anarchista Čtvrtek
Le Club des métiers bizarres (Club of queer trades)
Le club des métiers bizarres : nouvelles
Powieść angielska
A whimsical story cycle originally published in 1905. Each tale concerns a man who has developed a completely new and different way to make a living, such as the head of the Adventure and Romance Agency, who provides adventure and romance to everyday people; and a Professional Detainer, who is hired to make people late.
Collection of stories featuring self-confident detective Rupert Grant, who has a knack for coming to the wrong conclusion, and his brother Basil, a retired judge who seems to regard facts as distractions but usually reaches the correct conclusion.
Fiction
De krankzinnige rechter in de club van zonderlinge zakenlui : roman van Gilbert K. Chesterton
El club de los negocios raros : novela
Club of Queer Trades
El Club de los negocios raros
Six whimsical short stories by brilliant, witty, English author, poet and critic. Improbable plots, marvelously funny episodes, evocative descriptions of late Victorian London distinguish delightful tales focusing on a club devoted to completely original and unusual professions. First republication to include all 32 of Chesterton's own original illustrations.
Large type books
Przygody majora Browna
El club de los negocios raros obra completa
G. K. Chesterton's masterful mystery features men who earn their livings in the most peculiar ways The Club of Queer Trades is an incredibly exclusive society that comes with a specific conceit for entry: Its members must have a talent that is extremely unusual and use that skill to earn a living. For judge Basil Grant, the club is also a mystery that he must solve. Basil first learns of the group when his brother tells him about an army major who believes that this strange band of men is plotting to kill him. To get to the bottom of the threats against the major, Basil must track down each member of the organization one enigma at a time. Along the way, he crosses paths with a real estate agent who specializes in tree houses, a business that creates great adventures for its clients, and many other strange entities. In The Club of Queer Trades, Chesterton has created a loving parody that is sure to delight any fan of Victorian mysteries. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
Parodies of British detective stories.
The Club of Queer Trades is a collection of stories by G.K. Chesterton first published in 1905. Each story in the collection is centered on a person who is making his living by some novel and extraordinary means. To gain admittance one must have invented a unique means of earning a living and the subsequent trade being the main source of income.
Written by a master of the tongue in cheek, G.K. Chesterton's ingenious and, above all, paradoxical stories introduce Basil Grant, a sleuth so finely portrayed as to rival Sherlock Holmes. Eschewing facts for physiognomy, deduction for intuition, method for madness, he moves unerringly to his goal.
Mystery fiction
El club de los negocios raros
El Club de los Negocios Raros
The Club of Queer Trades = Klub podivných živností
Electronic books
[El club de los negocios raros : novela]
The Club of queer trades, by Gilbert K. Chesterton
Six whimsical short stories by brilliant, witty, English author, poet and critic. Improbable plots, marvelously funny episodes, evocative descriptions of late Victorian London distinguish delightful tales focusing on a club devoted to completely original and unusual professions.
The Club of Queer Trades
"'Cherub' Swinburne and his friend Basil Grant are drawn, via Basil's detective brother Rupert, into the strange case of Major Brown. Having devoted his half-pay retirement to the cultivation of his beloved pansies, the soldier chances to peer over the wall into next door's garden - only to see that the blooms in his neighbour's flowerbed spell out the words 'Death to Major Brown'! This is their first encounter with the bizarre Club of Queer Trades - an association of those who make their living by extraordinary and entirely new means - but it will not be the last."--Publisher description.
This collection of short stories, published in 1905, features a series of bizarre mysteries, each of which involves an exclusive club that caters to those with unusual professions. Here Chesterton introduces one of his most original characters, Rupert Grant, an eccentric private detective who works by intuition rather than deduction, a kind of anti-Holmes.
Crime
The Club of queer trades
The club of queer trades
Private investigators England London Fiction.
Detective and mystery stories, Czech Translations from English.
LITERARY CRITICISM European English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Detective and mystery stories, English Translations into Czech.
English literature Translations into Greek, Modern.