Chesterton portrays Father Brown as a short, stumpy Roman Catholic priest, with shapeless clothes and a large umbrella, and an uncanny insight into human evil. "How in Tartarus," cried Flambeau, "did you ever hear of the spiked bracelet?" -- "Oh, one's little flock, you know!" said Father Brown, arching his eyebrows rather blankly. "When I was a curate in Hartlepool, there were three of them with spiked bracelets." Not long after he published Orthodoxy, G. K. Chesterton moved from London to Beaconsfield, and met Father O'Connor. O'Connor had a shrewd insight to the darker side of man's nature and a mild appearance to go with it--and together those came together to become Chesterton's unassuming Father Brown. Chesterton loved the character, and the magazines he wrote for loved the stories. The Innocence of Father Brown was the first collection of them, and it's a great lot of fun.
The Complete Novels of Charles Dickens
G.K. Chesterton, Zenith Horizon Publishing
bookThe Three Tools of Death : Father Brown
G.K. Chesterton
audiobook30 Suspense and Thriller Masterpieces : A Classic Collection of Suspense & Danger
Marcel Allain, Grant Allen, John Buchan, Edgar Rice Burroughs, G.K. Chesterton, Wilkie Collins, Zenith Horizon Publishing
book30 Mystery & Investigation : A Master Collection of Mystery & Investigation Classics
G.K. Chesterton, Wilkie Collins, Arthur Conan Doyle, Zenith Horizon Publishing
bookThe Sign of the Broken Sword : Father Brown
G.K. Chesterton
audiobookThe Eye of Apollo : Father Brown
G.K. Chesterton
audiobookThe Sins of Prince Saradine : Father Brown
G.K. Chesterton
audiobookThe Hammer of God : Father Brown
G.K. Chesterton
audiobookThe Wrong Shape : Father Brown
G.K. Chesterton
audiobookThe Flying Stars : Father Brown
G.K. Chesterton
audiobookThe Invisible Man : Father Brown
G.K. Chesterton
audiobook