G. K. Chesterton

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936), English author and religious philosopher.

Chesterton is best known as a mystery writer for five volumes of short stories starring Father Brown, a small and unassuming Roman Catholic priest, who uses down-to-earth wisdom and an inspired knowledge of human nature to solve criminal problems. Chesterton also wrote a full-length mystery novel, and there are six other volumes of mystery stories or novellas without Father Brown, as well as a handful of other stories collected recently.

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Father Brown short story collections:

• The Father Brown Omnibus: 1935 and 1951 (a collection of the complete Father Brown stories)
• The Incredulity of Father Brown: 1926
• The Innocence of Father Brown: 1911
• The Scandal of Father Brown: 1935
• The Secret of Father Brown: 1927
• The Wisdom of Father Brown: 1914

Mystery novel by Chesterton:

• The Man Who Was Thursday: 1908

Other short story collections:
(including republications)

• The Club of Queer Trades: 1905
• Daylight and Nightmare: 1986
• Four Faultless Felons: 1930
• The Man Who Knew Too Much: 1922
• The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond: 1936
• The Poet and the Lunatics: 1929
• The Seven Suspects: 1988
• Tales of the Long Bow: 1925
• Thirteen Detectives: 1986

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