Stories of Father Brown. A Book for Reading in English

Annotation to the book "Stories of Father Brown. A Book for Reading in English" Chesterton G. K.: The world of stories by Gilbert Keith Chesterton about Father Brown is an embodiment of England in the early 20th century. Crime scenes... await the main character in country houses, rural parish churches, and gardens, as well as on foggy London streets and gloomy train stations. Father Brown is a good-natured priest, but he possesses remarkable insight into human nature, and behind his calm sympathy lies a detective mind that rivals Sherlock Holmes. Father Brown uses his experience to empathize with the criminal, unravel each mystery, and catch the perpetrator. The stories of Father Brown, written in the early 1900s by British critic, novelist, and philosopher Gilbert Keith Chesterton, remain some of the best in the detective genre. Read more…