Father Tom and the Pope: Or, a night in the Vatican

The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter is a work of historical and psychological fiction that foregrounds…

The innocence of Father Brown

G. K. Chesterton

The story opens aboard a ferry that has just arrived at Harwich, where a crowd of passengers disembarks like…

The wisdom of Father Brown

G. K. Chesterton

The Wisdom of Father Brown is a detective story that begins in the tranquil Temple Gardens, where the retired…

Notre-Dame de Paris

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo’s Notre‑Dame de Paris is a sprawling historical novel that intertwines the fate of a medieval…

The secret of Father Brown

G. K. Chesterton

The story opens with Father Brown, the unassuming Catholic priest‑detective, interrogating a suspect in a…

Lourdes

Émile Zola

Ce roman, signé Émile Zola, s’inscrit dans la tradition du récit de pèlerinage catholique, avec pour décor le…