![]() ![]() ![]() His elegant, humorous prose, full of literary touches is very different from Conan Doyle's bland and simple style. ![]() ![]() Another big difference is that unlike Doyle, Chesterton was in fact a brilliant writer. He truly delves into the minds of the people and comes up with results. The priest is also deeply compassionate and insightful as far as psychological aspects go. Unlike Holmes, Father Brown is a gentle, unassuming figure, who solves crimes through reasoning based on spiritualism and philosophic truths instead of scientific methods. Chesterton was a contemporary of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and it is only natural that his fictional sleuth be compared with the most famous one in English literature, Sherlock Holmes. Chesterton is a collection of eleven stories which marks the debut of this most unusual detective. These and many others are the mysteries that are presented to the lovable, bumbling, stumpy Man of God, Father Brown. Jewels that have been stolen and recovered so many times that they're known colloquially by thieves as The Flying Stars. A Chief of Police hosts a dinner party for an American millionaire wishing to will his entire fortune to the Church of France. ![]()
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