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The Wrong Shape
G. K. Chesterton · 1910 · Mystery & Detective
At an English country house, Father Brown and Flambeau encounter a locked study, a crooked jeweled knife, a silent visitor beyond the conservatory glass, and a death that seems to have occurred under everyone's eyes. The smallest irregularity - the shape of a scrap of paper - becomes the key to a crime built from prejudice and false appearances.
Inside this edition
Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 18 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.
The Wrong Shape - Principal Characters
Father Brown - The Quiet Observer
Flambeau - The Man of Action
The World of The Wrong Shape
The World in Edwardian English Country Life, circa 1910Household routine, medicine, communication, travel, and the architecture of country life.
The Household - Connections
Scene I - The Open Door
Scene III - The Crooked Knife
This edition
- Title
- The Wrong Shape
- Author
- G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
- First published
- 1910
- Illustrated plates
- 43 original artworks · 18 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 1 · about 7,128 words
- Reading time
- 29 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.
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