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Father Brown is a fictional Roman Catholic priest and amateur detective. He is featured in 53 short stories by English author G. K. Chesterton, published between 1910 and 1936. [1] Father Brown solves mysteries and crimes using his intuition and keen understanding of human nature.
“He says he hasn’t seen him yet,” observed Bagshaw, “or even been into the house.” “It’s a long time to stand on the door-step,” observed Buller. “Yes,” said Father Brown; “it’s rather a long time to stand in the street.” “I’ve been home since then,” said the cigar merchant.
- By G.K. Chesterton
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To father John O’Connor, of St. Cuthbert’s Bradford, whose truth is stranger than fiction, with a gratitude greater than the world. FLAMBEAU, once the most famous criminal in France and later a very private detective in England, had long retired from both professions. Some say a career of crime had left him with too many scruples for a career of de...
G.K. Chesterton, “The Secret of Father Brown,” An Unexpected Journal: Mystery6, no. 1. (Spring 2023), 67-82.
G.K. Chesterton, “The Best Detective Story,” Chesterton Digital Library, accessed November 23, 2022, https://chesterton.netlify.app/the-best-detective-story-81210/. Ibid. G.K. Chesterton, “How to Write a Detective Story,” Chesterton Digital Library, accessed November 23, 2022, https://chesterton.netlify.app/how-to-write-a-detective-story-58082/. G....
Father Brown was gazing into vacancy with his large grey eyes, which, when not blurred by his trick of blinking, were the one notable thing in his face. He went on speaking simply and seriously: ‘All things are from God; and above all, reason and imagination and the great gifts of the mind.
Oct 10, 2023 · Father Brown Solves the Case. Father Brown then goes through Dr Simon’s “colossal difficulties” and offers explanations for them. They all revolve around the realisation that the head and body found in the garden were those of different people. The body is that of Julius Brayne.
Oct 11, 2023 · “The Invisible Man” was the fifth story written by G. K. Chesterton about his priest/detective character Father Brown. It appeared in his original collection of Father Brown stories, entitled “The Innocence of Father Brown”, in 1911.
Father Brown turned his moon face up to the narrow façade of the house and blinked hopelessly up. Following his eyes, they saw that right at the top of this otherwise blind back quarter of the building, an attic window stood open.
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