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The Eye of Apollo
G. K. Chesterton · 1910 · Mystery & Detective
In a Westminster office building crowned by a golden eye, a dazzling prophet, two very different sisters, and a silent passenger lift frame an impossible death. Father Brown must look past public ritual and perfect alibis to understand what one brilliant gaze concealed.
Inside this edition
Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 20 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.
The World of The Eye of Apollo
The World in Edwardian London, circa 1910Westminster, offices, lifts, transport, policing, post, press, telegraph, telephone, rail, maps, and public time.
The Eye of Apollo - Connections and Pressures
The Eye of Apollo - Principal Characters
Father Brown - The Humble Observer
Flambeau - The Giant Detective
Scene I - The Golden Eye
Scene III - The Two Sisters
This edition
- Title
- The Eye of Apollo
- Author
- G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
- First published
- 1910
- Illustrated plates
- 47 original artworks · 20 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 1 · about 6,312 words
- Reading time
- 25 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- August 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #204
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