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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 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
The Wrong Shape - Principal Characters
Father Brown - The Quiet Observer
Flambeau - The Man of Action
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.
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #204
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