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The Man Who Knew Too Much

by G. K. CHESTERTON (1874 - 1936)

Chapter 3 – The soul of the schoolboy

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was an influential and prolific English writer of the early 20th century. He was a journalist, a poet and a novelist. He wrote 80 books and 200 short stories in addition to his other work. He is perhaps best remembered for his ‘Father Brown’ stories; two collections of which are available at Librivox.org. ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much’ has some similarities to the Father Brown stories: Horne Fisher the eponymous hero is connected and indeed related to many of the high-ranking politicians of his age and thus ‘knows too much’ about the background of the mysteries in which he becomes embroiled and which he unravels. (Summary by Martin Clifton)

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Listen next episodes of The Man Who Knew Too Much:
Chapter 4 – The bottomless well , Chapter 5 – The fad of the fisherman , Chapter 6 – The hole in the wall , Chapter 7 – The temple of silence , Chapter 8 – The vengeance of the statue