The Secrets and Mysteries of Father Brown

Gilbert Keith Chesterton is a recognized classic of English literature, one of the brightest writers of the first half of the 20th century. His novels and numerous essays have become classics, but the stories about Father Brown, a quiet, shy priest who masterfully unravels the most complicated mysteries and crimes, won him the love of the mass reader. The publication of these stories, which began in 1911 with the collection «The Innocence of Father Brown», stretched over a good quarter of a century, turning into a detective epic. Its wise and unpretentious hero does not give brilliant lectures in the spirit of Hercule Poirot, nor does he create great theories like Sherlock Holmes. He does not always seek to punish the criminal, but with humble irony and unwavering elegance, he sets everything in its place. This edition includes selected stories about Father Brown from all five collections: «The Innocence of Father Brown», «The Wisdom of Father Brown», «The Incredulity of Father Brown», «The Mystery of Father Brown» and «The Scandal of Father Brown».