The Wisdom of Father Brown is the second installment in the famous line of detective stories. This collection of stories includes "The Man in the Passage," "The Head of Caesar," and "The Perishing of the Pendragons." Each tale is an exhilarating read full of twists, turns and welcome surprises. The sequel builds upon the growing popularity of the amateur detective whose unusual methods deliver positive results. Chesterton's first entry, The Innocence of Father Brown. The Wisdom of Father Brown is the follow-up to G.K. Once again, Father Brown has found himself at the center of the action. This selection of short stories also includes a variety of locales from Italy to Cornwall and everywhere in between. The tales in this collection are short, easy reads with strong plots, all connected by the clever cleric’s intuitive understanding of the dark side of human nature.Father Brown is an insightful sleuth who travels far and wide to solve a new set of mysteries that require his unique skills and wisdom. Unlike other writers of his time, who concocted outlandish crimes and intricate puzzles for the protagonist to solve, Chesterton pioneered the cozy mystery, narrowing the scope of the investigation to limited time, limited space, and a limited number of suspects, with all of the clues revealed to the reader, as well as to the detective.Ĭhesterton is highly regarded as a biting social commentator, and his humorous and insightful comparisons leave readers reeling.
In these long-cherished tales, Chesterton laid the foundation for future detective figures in literature, such as Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Ellery Queen, and Nero Wolfe. Here are twelve more cases featuring Father Brown, a priest turned detective who combines philosophical and spiritual reasoning with scientific observation to solve crimes. Chesterton’s 1914 sequel to The Innocence of Father Brown, we find the tenacious little priest hounding thieves, traitors, and killers throughout England, and even to France and Italy.
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