6 似ている本： ブラウン神父の知恵
素人泥棒
First published in 1899, The Amateur Cracksman was the first collection of stories detailing the exploits and intrigues of gentleman thief A. J. Raffles in late Victorian England. Raffles was E. W. Hornung's most famous character. Popular in its day, the book led to three later works: The Black Mask and A Thief in the Night, both collections of short stories, and Mr. Justice Raffles, a complete…
共通テーマ：England -- Fiction, English Short stories, English Detective and mystery stories, England
権力と栄光
One of Greene’s most powerful novels, the book takes as its theme the era of religious suppression in Mexico during the early 1930’s. An unnamed Catholic priest, an alcoholic with a shameful past in search of either oblivion or redemption, travels through Mexico administering the rites of the church to the poor landless peasants, hunted by a remorseless police officer and always in fear of being…
共通テーマ：Catholics, Catholic Church, Clergy
恐怖とミステリーの物語
From the book:The idea that the extraordinary narrative which has been called the Joyce-Armstrong Fragment is an elaborate practical joke evolved by some unknown person, cursed by a perverted and sinister sense of humour, has now been abandoned by all who have examined the matter. The most macabre and imagi-native of plotters would hesitate before linking his morbid fancies with the unquestioned…
共通テーマ：English Short stories, English Detective and mystery stories, English literature, Mystery
最後の挨拶
The adventure of Wisteria lodge.--The adventure of the cardboard box.--The adventure of the red circle.--The adventure of the Bruce-Partington plans.--The adventure of the dying detective.--The disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax.--The adventure of the devil's foot.--His last bow.
共通テーマ：English Short stories, English Detective and mystery stories, England, Short Stories
シャーロック・ホームズの事件簿
共通テーマ：English Short stories, English Detective and mystery stories, England, English literature
共通テーマ：English Short stories, English Detective and mystery stories, England, English literature
我が生涯の弁明
An influential Church of England vicar, John Henry Newman stunned the Anglican community in 1843, when he joined the Roman Catholic Church. Protestant clergyman Charles Kingsley launched the most scathing attacks against Newman and this was Newman's brilliant response. A spiritual autobiography, Apologia Pro Vita Sua explores the very depths and nature of Christianity.
共通テーマ：Catholics, Catholic Church, Clergy