Combining captivating stories and insightful commentary, The Innocence of Father Brown is a delightful read. Father Brown's ability to uncover the truth behind the mystery continually surpasses that of the 'experts' around him, who are fooled into underestimation by the priest's unimpressive outward appearance and, often, by their own prejudices about Christianity. Chesterton starring an unimposing but surprisingly capable Roman Catholic priest. The Innocence of Father Brown (1911) is the first of five collections of mystery stories by G. 'Sobre este título' puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.Download cover art Download CD case insert The Innocence of Father Brown

'The Vampire of the Village', which also appears in this edition under The Scandal of Father Brown, was first published in 1936. Chesterton to finish and solve the mystery. This edition also includes 'The Doddington Affair', the first half of which was published in Premier Magazines in 1914 with the challenge to G. From 1900 he worked his way to become a freelance art and literary critic then a regular columnist and later a prolific writer (he has many essays, poems, short stories, novels and plays to his name).įorty eight of the Father Brown short stories first appeared in various, now unknown, magazines and were later collected into five books: The Innocence of Father Brown, published in 1911 The Wisdom of Father Brown, published in 1914 The Incredulity of Father Brown, published in 1926 The Secrets of Father Brown, published in 1927 and The Scandal of Father Brown, published in 1935. Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936) studied art at Slade School and literature at University College London before ending his studies early without qualifications. Shabby and lumbering, with a face like a Norfolk dumpling, Father Brown makes for an improbable super-sleuth. Father Brown uses his experiences to put himself into the mind of the criminal to solve each mystery and catch the perpetrators. Hurley (Editor) 4.03 8,917 ratings554 reviews The complete adventures of the well-loved clerical sleuth, collected in one brilliant volume. The character of Father Brown, brought to life by Mark Williams, is based on a real parish priest and the idea that priests, through hearing Confession, know the worst of human nature more than anyone, including the police.

Father Brown may be a kindly cleric, but his bumbling nature disguises a detective mind to rival Sherlock Holmes. Set in the early-twentieth century, Father Brown's world is quintessentially English crime scenes await in country houses, rural parish churches and quaint gardens as well as foggy London streets and shadowy railway stations.

BBC Books will be publishing a new edition of the original and complete short stories to tie-in to transmission.

Chesterton’s Father Brown mysteries, BBC One Daytime has commissioned a new 10-part drama series for January 2013 to bring the priest-turned-detective back to life.

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