G K Chesterton

The Innocence and Wisdom of Father Brown G K Chesterton

The first two Father Brown compilations in one volume.24 murder mysteries. Father Brown is a short, stumpy Roman Catholic priest, with shapeless clothes, a large umbrella, and an uncanny insight into human evil. Unlike the better-known fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown's methods tend to be intuitive rather than deductive. His abilities are also considerably shaped by his experience as a priest and confessor. Father Brown was a vehicle for conveying English author G. K. Chesterton's view of the world and, of all of his characters, is perhaps closest to Chesterton's own point of view, or at least the effect of his point of view. Father Brown solves his crimes through a strict reasoning process more concerned with spiritual and philosophic truths than with scientific details, making him an almost equal counterbalance with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, whose stories Chesterton read. Father Brown appeared in 53 short stories published between 1910 and 1936. This book contains "The Innocence of Father Brown" (1911) and "The Wisdom of Father Brown" (1914).