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The wisdom of Father Brown. By: Gilbert K. Chesterton (Original Version)

The wisdom of Father Brown. By: Gilbert K. Chesterton (Original Version)

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

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General Fiction

ISBN10: 1537086782
ISBN13: 9781537086781
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Aug 14 2016
Pages: 122
Weight: 0.57
Height: 0.26 Width: 8.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
Father Brown is a fictional Roman Catholic priest and amateur sleuth created in the early 20th century by English novelist G. K. Chesterton. Father Brown is featured in a series of short stories where he solves mysteries and crimes using his intuition and keen understanding of human nature. The character was loosely based by Chesterton on Father John O'Connor (1870-1952), a parish priest in Bradford, who was involved in Chesterton's conversion to Catholicism in 1922.Chesterton portrays Father Brown as a short, stumpy Roman Catholic priest, with shapeless clothes, a large umbrella, and an uncanny insight into human evil. In The Head of Caesar he is formerly priest of Cobhole in Essex, and now working in London. He makes his first appearance in the story The Blue Cross and continues to appear throughout five volumes of short stories, often assisted in his crime-solving by the reformed criminal M. Hercule Flambeau. Father Brown also appears in a story, The Donnington Affair, which has a curious history. In the October 1914 issue of an obscure magazine, The Premier, Sir Max Pemberton published the first part of the story, then invited a number of detective story writers, including Chesterton, to use their talents to solve the mystery of the murder described. Chesterton and Father Brown's solution followed in the November issue. The story was first reprinted in the Chesterton Review (Winter), 1981, pp. 1-35 in the book Thirteen Detectives.

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