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5.0 out of 5 stars
Six Delightful Father Brown Stories - Great Introduction,
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This review is from: Favorite Father Brown Stories (Paperback)
G. K. Chesterton created more than fifty entertaining Father Brown stories. This Dover Thrift Edition offers six delightful short stories illustrating the deductive genius of this quiet, amusing, slightly eccentric, contemporary of Sherlock Holmes. Written in the early 1900s, these short stories move more slowly than many modern mysteries. Chesterton may even sidetrack to explore a moral issue or moral ambiguity. But beware. Father Brown, a man of the church, is not entirely naïve and innocent. Like Sherlock Holmes, he is a keen observer. The reader will need to remain alert to keep pace with his remarkable deductions. The first two stories, The Blue Cross and The Sins of Prince Saradine, come from the first twelve Father Brown stories, published as The Innocence of Father Brown (1911). The earliest stories often feature Flambeau as a dazzling, brilliant arch criminal. Later, Flambeau abandons his risky career and becomes a constant companion to Chesterton's remarkable cleric. The last four stories are taken from the second Father Brown collection, The Wisdom of Father Brown (1914). The Sign of the Broken Sword reveals a startling crime. The Man in the Passage offers a surprising and amusing solution to conflicting testimony. The Perishing of the Pendragons provides mayhem and danger in an unlikely setting. Hopefully, The Salad of Colonel Cray will not be found in most cookbooks. I highly recommend this little Dover edition to anyone new to Father Brown. Once acquainted, the reader can then look elsewhere for larger collections.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Will leave you wanting more...,
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This review is from: Favorite Father Brown Stories (Paperback)
This little collection of six classic Father Brown stories from the pen of G.K. Chesterton is the perfect way to introduce this famous sleuthing cleric to someone not yet familiar with what is probably the second most recognized (next to Sherlock Holmes) and possibly the most beloved detective in literature. Where Holmes deduces his way to a solution, Father Brown gets inside the hearts and heads of the characters in his mysteries. Hearing confession on a regular basis in his parish, the little priest knows a thing or two about the capacity for evil in the human heart and pieces the crimes together by projecting himself into the various characters involved until he comes up with the answer. And like Holmes, Father Brown often has his trusty and brilliant-in-his-own-right ex-criminal side-kick, Flambeau, with him. For readers that can appreciate a story on the merits of a well crafted plot, memorable and believable characters, beautiful prose and insightful commentary on the human condition, this little volume will act as an appetizer to what is certain to be a life long feast of Father Brown mysteries. If you are merely looking for action and suspense at a break-neck pace, best to look elsewhere.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Stimulating mysteries,
This review is from: Favorite Father Brown Stories (Paperback)
These stories by G.K. Chesterton were very enjoyable reading. Father Brown is an endearing character, and his intellect is impressive (but then again, what literary detective's isn't?). His companion Flambeau is equally enjoyable. I was disappointed with one thing: I had the impression that Father Brown was a detective in the sense that he solved crimes for the police, like Sherlock Holmes. Actually, this was only the case in a couple of the stories. Instead, he put his mind to solving mysteries that weren't necessarily crimes.
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