The Complete Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton

Father Brown is a modest Catholic priest who uses careful psychology to put himself in the place of the criminal in order to solve the crime. His style is marked by vigour, puns, paradoxes and a great intelligence and personal modesty.Ĭhesterton is perhaps best known for his Father Brown stories. He also produced poetry and many volumes of political, social and religious essays. He wrote a great variety of books from biographies on Shaw and Dickens to literary criticism. But he knew that he never knew a story until he knew the characters in the story. The best known is Orthodoxy, his personal spiritual odyssey. He explored his belief in his many religious essays and books.

These were themes which were to run through his other works.Ĭhesterton converted to Catholicism in 1922. In this book Chesterton developed his political attitudes in which he attacked socialism, big business and technology and showed how they become the enemies of freedom and justice. Chestertons Father Brown mysteries, BBC One Daytime has commissioned a new 10-part drama. Father Brown solves mysteries and crimes using his intuition and keen understanding of human nature. He features in 53 short stories by English author G. Machine generated contents note: The Innocence of Father Brown (1911) 1.The Blue Cross 2. His first novel, The Napoleon of Notting Hill, was published in 1904. Father Brown is a fictional Roman Catholic priest and amateur detective. He became a journalist and began writing for The Speaker with his friend Hilaire Belloc. Chesterton based the character on Father John O'Connor (18701952), a parish priest in Bradford who was involved in Chesterton's conversion to Catholicism in 1922. Chesterton, who stars in 52 short stories, later compiled in five books. Chesterton was born in London in 1874 and was educated at St Paul's School. Father Brown is a fictional character created by English novelist G.

The Complete Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton