He wrote over 4000 newspaper essays, including 30 years worth of weekly columns for the Illustrated London News, and 13 years of weekly columns for the Daily News. In spite of his literary accomplishments, he considered himself primarily a journalist. He wrote a hundred books, contributions to 200 more, hundreds of poems, including the epic Ballad of the White Horse, five plays, five novels, and some two hundred short stories, including a popular series featuring the priest-detective, Father Brown. In 1900, he was asked to contribute a few magazine articles on art criticism, and went on to become one of the most prolific writers of all time. Paul’s, and went to art school at University College London.
However, the deeds of these people are very clearly either good or bad.Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an English writer, philosopher, lay theologian, and literary and art critic. The characters are not always distinct almost everybody has a good part and an evil part of his soul. The stories are excellent for their portraying very different social backgrounds and their abysses great suspense is created and a little bit of theology included in each story. Some kisses other forms of sexuality are only mentioned, but never described.Ī lot of criminals use a considerable number of swearwords, but the stories never lose their high standard of language. Some people who appear have trouble with over-drinking. However, their psychology is well analyzed and their mistakes shown clearly.Ī lot of victims are killed in very cruel ways, and some people have a fight. There is no magic in the stories, but Father Brown gets in contact with lots of people who have a non-Christian point of view. And when I feel like the murderer, of course, I know who he is." Also the way of his solving the mysteries prove his love and understanding for every human being: Not mere reason is being used, but feeling and intuition, which Father Brown himself explained this way: "I try to get inside a man (.)Till I really am a murderer. In Father Brown's opinion, the punishment of criminals can help them to find peace again. However, the strongest value is not justice, but forgiveness and love. The stories, and especially their hero, prove a strong sense of morality. But his ambition is neither the criminal's punishment nor his own glory - he wants to save lost souls and to bring them back on the path of goodness, and that often means letting them escape from earthly judgement. Though his outward appearance, his short legs and his mooncalf face would never suggest too much intelligence, Father Brown turns into a brilliant detective whenever he has to face crime and sin.
The Father Brown Stories consist of 52 short stories about the Roman Catholic priest Father Brown. Great for everyone either interested in mysteries or in theology, or in both! Chesterton: The Father Brown Stories by G.K.
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