num_pages: 797
description: This Wordsworth Edition includes an exclusive Introduction by David Stuart DaviesFather Brown, one of the most quirkily genial and lovable characters to emerge from English detective fiction, first made his appearance in The Innocence of Father Brown in 1911. That first collection of stories established G.K. Chesterton's kindly cleric in the front rank of eccentric sleuths.This complete collection contains all the favourite Father Brown stories, showing a quiet wit and compassion that has endeared him to many, whilst solving his mysteries by a mixture of imagination and a sympathetic worldliness in a totally believable manner.
language: English
title: The Complete Father Brown Stories
titlecomplete: The Complete Father Brown Stories
characters: Father Brown
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Classics, British Literature, Crime, Mystery Thriller, Detective, Historical Fiction, Literature, Short Stories
ratings_count: 9546
places: United Kingdom
series: Father Brown
publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd