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The Return of Father Brown Read More »
It strikes some readers as strange that Chesterton, a highly respected literary critic, could take seriously the lowly detective story. But he did take it seriously.
QUESTION: I am trying to find out if Father Brown was partially modeled after a real priest and, if so, who? ANSWER: Chesterton’s idea for a detective character along the lines of Father Brown had been fermenting for a period of years before the first Father Brown story published in 1910. He was a voracious, life-long reader
Who Was Father Brown Modeled After? Read More »
The Final Collection of the Padre Problem-Solver
Lecture 69: The Scandal of Father Brown Read More »
The Fourth in the Collection of Mysteries Featuring the Man in Cloth
Lecture 52: The Secret of Father Brown Read More »
The Third Collection of Stories Featuring the Clerical Sleuth
Lecture 46: The Incredulity of Father Brown Read More »
The Second Collection of the Priest-Detective
Lecture 27: The Wisdom of Father Brown Read More »
The First Collection of Father Brown Stories
Lecture 20: The Innocence of Father Brown Read More »
Did Shakespeare write the ideal detective story?
The Ideal Detective Story Read More »
The fundamental principles of a great mystery story
How to Write a Detective Story Read More »
Where do detective writers go wrong?
Errors about Detective Stories Read More »
On the detective story as a legitimate form of art
A Defence of Detective Stories Read More »
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