Wednesday 14 July 2021

Father Brown in imaginations

My hosts ,when I was away , mentioned a GKC Father Brown short story set in a Zenda like country. They did not know which of the stories it was in. I have tried to find out which yesterday to no avail , can you help? Thanks in anticipation .

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  1. According to TVTropes, a Ruritania named Heiligwaldenstein is the setting for "The Fairy Tale of Father Brown."

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  2. Thanks Jennifer! I found this audio book version-
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PRx1h4fkZEA

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  3. Tradgardmastare,

    The name translates as ‘Holy Waldenstein’.

    All the best,

    Bob

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    1. Tradgardmastare,

      I should have added that Waldenstein means ‘Holy wood and stone’.

      All the best,

      Bob

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    2. Thanks Bob, most interesting.

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  4. Hol(l)ywood and Vine, er, stein. ha ha

    I think I came across something once upon a time about a PG Wodehouse story or book set in some Ruritanian-like setting, too, but never found the actual story or book. Or maybe I just imagined the whole thing? :D

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    1. Again according to TVTropes (the Librarian's Friend, I call it), an "ex-king" of Ruritania or Graustark features in several Jeeves stories, retired in London.

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    2. Cool, Jennifer!

      I have a few Ruritanian-esque stories/books. There's one by Edgar Rice Burroughs (The Mad King) and one by Andre Norton (The Prince Commands). I have a dvd set with both the Ronald Colman Prisoner of Zenda and the Stewart Granger remake (practically shot for shot, line for line identical). Then Get Smart did a spoof on it, too. As did The Great Race (with Jack Lemmon playing the dual role).

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    3. Thanks F B for reminding me of these, something to revisit sometime...

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  5. Glad I was able to help! And I've just read my first Father Brown story, will have to read more...

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  6. Glad you enjoyed Fr Brown , you have some great reading ahead...

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