G.K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
Author of The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
About the Author
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London, England, in 1874. He began his education at St Paul's School, and later went on to study art at the Slade School, and literature at University College in London. Chesterton wrote a great deal of poetry, as well as works of social and literary criticism. show more Among his most notable books are The Man Who Was Thursday, a metaphysical thriller, and The Everlasting Man, a history of humankind's spiritual progress. After Chesterton converted to Catholicism in 1922, he wrote mainly on religious topics. Chesterton is most known for creating the famous priest-detective character Father Brown, who first appeared in "The Innocence of Father Brown." Chesterton died in 1936 at the age of 62. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by G.K. Chesterton
The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 01: Heretics, Orthodoxy, the Blatchford Controversies (1986) 326 copies
The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton, Volume 2 : The Everlasting Man, St. Francis of Assisi, St Thomas Aquinas (1986) 208 copies
Brave New Family: G.K. Chesterton on Men and Women, Children, Sex, Divorce, Marriage and the Family (1990) 159 copies
The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 03: Where All Roads Lead, The Catholic Church and Conversion, The Thing:… (1922) 136 copies
The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 06: The Club of Queer Trades, The Napoleon of Notting Hill, The Man Who… (1904) 131 copies
The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 04: What's Wrong with the World, The Superstition of Divorce, Eugenics… (1987) 94 copies
The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 05: The Outline of Sanity, The End of the Armistice, Utopia of Usurers,… (1987) 89 copies
The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 14: Short Stories, Fairy Tales, Mystery Stories, Illustrations (1993) 67 copies
The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 21: What I Saw in America, The Resurrection of Rome, Sidelights (1990) 66 copies
The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 29: The Illustrated London News, 1911-1913 (1988) 56 copies
Lent and Easter Wisdom from G.K. Chesterton: Daily Scripture and Prayers Together with G.K. Chesterton's Own Words (2008) 52 copies
The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 30: The Illustrated London News, 1914-1916 (1988) 51 copies
The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 11: Collected Plays, Chesterton on Shaw (1989) 51 copies
The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 12: Father Brown Stories, Part 1: The Innocence of Father Brown, The… (2005) 50 copies
The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 07: The Ball and the Cross, Manalive, The Flying Inn (1991) 49 copies
The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 32: The Illustrated London News, 1920-1922 (1989) 49 copies
The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 18: Thomas Carlyle, Leo Tolstoy, Robert Louis Stevenson, Chaucer (1988) 46 copies
A G.K. Chesterton omnibus,: Containing The Napoleon of Notting Hill, The man who was Thursday, The flying inn (1936) 45 copies
The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 31: The Illustrated London News, 1917-1919 (1989) 44 copies
The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 28: The Illustrated London News, 1908-1910 (1987) 44 copies
The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 27: The Illustrated London News, 1905-1907 (1986) 43 copies
The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 34: The Illustrated London News, 1926-1928 (1991) 43 copies
The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 33: The Illustrated London News, 1923-1925 (1990) 42 copies
The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 20: Christendom in Dublin, Irish Impressions, The New Jerusalem, A Short… (2001) 42 copies
The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 08: The Return of Don Quixote, Tales of the Long Bow, The Man Who Knew… (1999) 35 copies
The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 13: Father Brown Stories, Part 2: The Incredulity of Father Brown, The… (2005) 34 copies
The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 35: The Illustrated London News, 1929-1931 (1992) 31 copies
The Universe According to G. K. Chesterton: A Dictionary of the Mad, Mundane and Metaphysical (Dover Books on… (2011) 29 copies
The Story of the Family: G.K. Chesterton on the Only State that Creates and Loves Its Own Citizens (2022) 23 copies
Father Brown Crime Stories 22 copies
The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 37: The Illustrated London News, 1935-1936 (2012) 20 copies
The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 36: The Illustrated London News, 1932-1934 (2011) 17 copies
The Third Way: Foundations of Distributism As Contained in the Writings of Pope Blessed Leo XIII and Gilbert K.… (2012) 16 copies
Classic British Literature: Works of G.K. Chesterton, 29 books in a single file with active table of contents (2008) 14 copies
[unidentified works] 13 copies
Chesterton Classics Collection: Orthodoxy, Heretics, What’s Wrong With The World, What I Saw In America (2020) 13 copies
Chesterton on War and Peace: Battling the Ideas and Movements that Led to Nazism and World War II (2008) 12 copies
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: A Collection of Victorian-Era Detective Stories (Dover Mystery Classics) (2019) 10 copies
Chesterton Fiction Collection: The Napoleon of Notting Hill, The Man Who Was Thursday, The Ball and the Cross,… (2020) 10 copies
The Father Brown Omnibus: Including The Innocence of Father Brown; The Wisdom of Father Brown; The Incredulity of… (1927) 10 copies
Las Aventuras Del Padre Brown / The Adventures of Father Brown (Clasicos De Siempre/ Cuentos / Always Classics /… (2000) 10 copies
The Chesterton Reader: 21 Works in One Volume (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics) (2009) 9 copies
The Father Brown Mysteries: The Blue Cross / The Secret Garden / The Queer Feet / The Arrow of Heaven: A Radio… (2011) 9 copies
G. K. Chesterton Collection: Orthodoxy, Heretics, The Innocence of Father Brown, & All Things Considered (2017) 8 copies
Collected Works (Various Volumes) 7 copies
Den oöverträffade fader Brown 7 copies
The Chesterton Review; Vol. XXXVI, Nos 3 & 4,Fall/Winter 2010,Seton Hall University,NJ (2010) 7 copies
Works of Gilbert Keith Chesterton. (350 Works) Includes The Innocence of Father Brown, The Man Who Was Thursday,… (2009) 6 copies
G. K. Chesterton's Early Poetry: Greybeards at Play, The Wild Knight and Other Poems, The Ballad of the White Horse (2004) 6 copies
OBRAS SELECTAS - EL CANDOR DEL PADRE BROWN - LA SABIDURÍA DEL PADRE BROWN - LA INCREDULIDAD DEL PADRE BROWN - EL… (1974) 5 copies
The Wit, Whimsy, and Wisdom of G. K. Chesterton, Volume 2: The Club of Queer Trades, The Man Who Was Thursday, The Man… (2009) 5 copies
The Wit, Whimsy, and Wisdom of G. K. Chesterton, Volume 5: All Things Considered, Tremendous Trifles, Alarms and… (2009) 5 copies
Famous Paintings Selected from the World's Great Galleries and Reproduced in Colour (2 vols.) (1915) 5 copies
British Mystery Multipack Volume 8 - Locked Room Mysteries: The Big Bow Mystery, The Four Just Men, The Invisible Man,… (2015) 5 copies
Napoleon z Notting Hillu ; Létající hospoda ; Návrat Dona Quijota (The Napoleon of Notting Hill, The Flying Inn,… (1965) 5 copies
The Wit, Whimsy, and Wisdom of G. K. Chesterton, Volume 1: The Napoleon of Notting Hill, The Flying Inn, The Trees of… (2009) 4 copies
The Vampire of the Village 4 copies
The Wit, Whimsy, and Wisdom of G. K. Chesterton, Volume 4: Heretics, Orthodoxy, What's Wrong with the World (2009) 4 copies
The Doom of the Darnaways 4 copies
Chesterton Essays 4 copies
Isa Browni lugusid 4 copies
Tėvas Braunas 3 copies
Quotable Chesterton 3 copies
British Mystery Multipack Vol. 12 - The G. K. Chesterton Collection: 24 Father Brown mysteries 2 mystery novels, The… (2016) 3 copies
The Fame of Blessed Thomas More: Being Addresses Delivered in His Honour in Chelsea, July 1929 (1929) — Contributor — 3 copies
Uncollected Father Brown Stories by G. K. Chesterton (Illustrated) (Delphi Parts Edition (G. K. Chesterton)) (2017) 3 copies
Strategy Six Pack 9 – The Revenant Hugh Glass, Andersonville, The Goths, Alexander Hamilton, Pericles and A Short… (2016) 3 copies
The Eye Of Apollo [short story] 3 copies
The Dagger and Wings and Other Father Brown Stories (Oxford Progressive English Readers) (1984) 3 copies
The G.K. Chesterton Calendar: A Quotation From the Works of G. K. Chesterton for Every day in the Year (2015) 3 copies
The Superstitions of the Sceptic 3 copies
Příběhy otce Browna 3 copies
Cheese 3 copies
Príhody pátra Browna 2 copies
Great work of G. K. Chesterton 2 copies
CUATRO GRANUJAS SIN TACHA 2 copies
The Miscellaneous Chesterton: Introductions, Essays, and Occasional Pieces by G. K. Chesterton (2019) 2 copies
El amor o La fuerza del sino : ensayos y poesía sobre el matrimonio, el amor, los niños, el divorcio y la… (2017) 2 copies
Catholic Family Book Club - St. Francis of Assisi, Nor Scrip Nor Shoes, The Salvation of Pisco Gabar, Brother Petroc's… (1960) 2 copies
The Complete Father Brown (Volume 1) 2 copies
Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens by G. K. Chesterton: Appreciations and Criticisms of the… (1911) 2 copies
Obras completas. 4 Tomos 2 copies
Father Brown Stories - Volume 1 2 copies
The Rolling English Road 2 copies
The Man in the Passage [short story] 2 copies
The Ghost of Gideon Wise 2 copies
The Quick One 2 copies
The Miracle of Moon Crescent 2 copies
The Resurrection of Father Brown 2 copies
I racconti di Padre Brown 2 copies
G.K. Chesterton's Sherlock Holmes 2 copies
War of the Usurpers [CHESTERTON] 2 copies
Legacy of Faith: G. K. Chesterton 2 copies
O tempero da vida 2 copies
Collected Works, vol. 17 2 copies
The Father Brown Mysteries: The Oracle of the Dog / The Miracle of Moon Crescent / The Green Man / The Quick One [sound… (2011) 2 copies
Gott hat Humor, denn er hat den Menschen erschaffen. [rot] [Lesezeichen] : G. K. Chesterton 2 copies
British Mystery Multipacks Volume 7 – The Detectives: Father Brown, Lady Molly of Scotland Yard, The Old Man in… (2015) 2 copies
10 Books on Theology, Tyranny and Literature Heretics, Orthodoxy, What's Wrong with the World, Eugenics and Other… (2016) 2 copies
LOS CLÁSICOS DEL SIGLO XX 2 copies
Chesterton's Mysteries: 6-The Scandal of Father Brown, the Paradoxes of MR Pond Plus Six Bonus Tales (2009) 2 copies
The Chesterton Review----Vol. 15 2 copies
The Chesterton Review---17 2 copies
The Chesterton Review----Vols.16 2 copies
The Surprise 2 copies
Fader Browns Hemlighet 2 copies
El Cinc d'espases 1 copy
Der Spiegel. Essays. 1 copy
Por qué soy cristiano 1 copy
Chesterton's Mysteries: 4-The Incredulity of Father Brown & The Secret of Father Brown (2009) 1 copy
Chesterton and the Universe 1 copy
Collected Works 1 copy
Orthodoxy and Other Novels 1 copy
Fader Browns mesterstykker 1 copy
The Colored Lands 1 copy
Two by Chesterton 1 copy
Pater Brown 01 1 copy
A jámbor Brown atya 1 copy
Charlas 1 copy
Pater Brown 03 1 copy
Le défenseur 1 copy
Pater Brown: Der Unsichtbare 1 copy
The Works of G.K. Chesterton 1 copy
La utilidad de leer 2021 1 copy
OBRA SELECTA 1 copy
Obrona wiary 1 copy
Svētais Akvīnas Toms : Gilberta K. Čestertona, Pētera Stroda, Staņislava Ladusāna SJ, Larisas Čuhinas… (1993) 1 copy
Рассказы 1 copy
The Fallacy of Success 1 copy
Najlepšie je nevypovedané 1 copy
Wege am Rande des Abgrunds 1 copy
Писатель в газете 1 copy
Lo specchio del magistrato 1 copy
The Invisible Man 1 copy
Die grosse Pater Brown Box VII : 6 Hörspiele ; Nur im Gefängnis sicher. Wo der Pater starb. Die Entführung von Baby… (2006) 1 copy
Las quintaesencias. 1 copy
The Fad of the Fisherman 1 copy
The Extraordinary Cabman 1 copy
Paradoks 1 copy
Странные шаги 1 copy
EL MUNDO AL REVES 1 copy
Culture and the Coming Peril 1 copy
Father Brown (Gesammelte Krimis): Priester und Detektiv: Der geheime Garten Das Verhängnis der Darnaways Das blaue… (2015) 1 copy
O Essencial de Chesterton 1 copy
The secret of father Brown and another short story = El secreto del padre Brown y otro relato (2012) 1 copy
The blue cross = La cruz azul =: The secret of father Brown = El secreto del padre Brown (2014) 1 copy
Obras completas. II 1 copy
Os Paradoxos do Cristianismo 1 copy
3 NOVELS: The Napoleon of Notting Hill, The Man Who Was Thursday, The Ball and the Cross, (2016) 1 copy
Avonturen van Father Brown I 1 copy
Tennyson 1 copy
The Crime of the Communist 1 copy
The Insoluble Problem 1 copy
Christmas and the professors 1 copy
The Illustrated London News 1929-1931 (Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 35) by G. K. Chesterton (1992-04-01) (1870) 1 copy
The Father Brown Mysteries: The Actor and the Alibi / The Worst Crime in the World / The Insoluble Problem / The Eye of… (2012) 1 copy
G. K.'S: A Miscellany Of The First 500 Issues Of G. K.'S Weekly, With An Introduction By G. K. Chesterton (1936) 1 copy
The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. 28-35: The Illustrated London News, 1908-1931 (1987) 1 copy
G K Chesterton's Christian Writings (Unabridged): Everlasting Man, Orthodoxy, Heretics, St Francis of Assisi, St.… (2012) 1 copy
More Quotable Chesterton: A Topical Compilation of the Wit, Wisdom, and Satire of G.K. Chesterton (1988-09-03) (1801) 1 copy
Fr. Brown on Chesterton 1 copy
The sign of the broken sword and other Father Brown stories = Znamení zlomeného meče a jiné… (2007) 1 copy
G.K. Chesterton: criticism 1 copy
A Study of Charles Dickens 1 copy
Chesterton's Mysteries: 3-The Man Who Knew Too Much, the Trees of Pride & Tales of the Long Bow (2009) 1 copy
What is Right With the World 1 copy
Selected Essay and More 1 copy
Five Essays: The Optimism of Byron; Pope and the Art of Satire; Stevenson; Rostand; Charles II (Little Blue Book/Ten… (1921) 1 copy
Famous paintings selected from the world's great galleries and reproduced in colour / with an introduction by G.K.… (1913) 1 copy
Pisadas extrañas 1 copy
Classic Crime 2: The Thin Man, The Innocence of Father Brown & The Face On the Cutting-Room Floor 1 copy
The Black Veil 1 copy
Esė (rinktinė) 1 copy
A Treasury of Father Brown Mysteries The Innocence of Father Brown & The Wisdom of Father Brown: Two Complete &… (2015) 1 copy
Father Brown Mysteries Collection 5 Books Box Set By G.K Chesterton (Innocence, Wisdom, Incredulity, Secret & Scandal) (2023) 1 copy
The Purple Wig [short story] 1 copy
The Wise Men 1 copy
If I were a preacher 1 copy
El perfil de la cordura 1 copy
El mago 1 copy
A Chesterton Anthology 1 copy
The Perfect Game 1 copy
The Bolt from the Blue 1 copy
The Father Brown Mysteries: The Flying Stars / The Point of a Pin / The Three Tools of Death / The Invisible Man [sound… (2011) 1 copy
Book of Children's Poems 1 copy
“The Donkey” 1 copy
L'uomo che fu giovedì 1 copy
Father Brown Large Print Mysteries: The Wisdom of Father Brown Illustrated (Father Brown Paperback) 1 copy
OBRAS COMPLETAS 1 copy
Igreja Católica e Conversão 1 copy
El hombre común 1 copy
La prensa se equivoca y otras obviedades: Artículos 1908 (NUEVO ENSAYO) (Spanish Edition) (2020) 1 copy
Our Notebook. Volume I 1 copy
The Father Brown Stories, I 1 copy
Collected Works Volume 1 1 copy
Classic British Literature 1 copy
Christmas poems 1 copy
G.K. Chesterton: The Father Brown Illustrated Collection: (Bauer Classics) (All Time Best Writers Book 10) (2020) 1 copy
The Scales of Justice 1 copy
The Annotated Thursday 1 copy
O Sobrenatural é Natural 1 copy
Historias del padre brown 1 copy
Associated Works
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Contributor, some editions — 915 copies
Great Detectives: A Century of the Best Mysteries from England and America (1984) — Contributor — 356 copies
Detection by Gaslight: 14 Victorian Detective Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) (1997) — Contributor — 182 copies
The Dead Witness: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Detective Stories (2011) — Contributor — 138 copies
Tales Before Narnia: The Roots of Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction (2008) — Contributor — 114 copies
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: A Collection of Victorian Detective Tales (2008) — Contributor — 105 copies
Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated) (2011) — Contributor, some editions — 77 copies
Thou Shalt Not Kill: Father Brown, Father Dowling and Other Ecclesiastical Sleuths (1865) — Contributor — 46 copies
The Edge of the Chair: A Superlative Collection, Some Fact, Some Fiction, All Suspense (1967) — Contributor — 42 copies
The Mystery Hall of Fame: An Anthology of Classic Mystery and Suspense Stories (1984) — Contributor — 32 copies
The Roads from Bethlehem: Christmas Literature from Writers Ancient and Modern (1993) — Contributor — 29 copies
The English Way: Studies in English Sanctity from St. Bede to Newman (1933) — Contributor — 29 copies
Kingfisher Christmas Book: A Collection of Stories, Poems and Carols for the Twelve Days of Christmas (1985) — Contributor — 27 copies
The World's Greatest Detective Stories: Intriguing Mysteries from the Greatest Writers of Crime Fiction (1978) — Contributor — 26 copies
To the Queen's Taste: The First Supplement to 101 Years' Entertainment; Consisting of the Best Stories Published in the… (1946) — Contributor — 24 copies
Biography for beginners: being a collection of miscellaneous examples for the use of upper forms (1905) — Illustrator, some editions — 20 copies
The Graphic Canon of Crime & Mystery, Vol. 2: From Salome to Edgar Allan Poe to The Silence of the Lambs (2021) — Contributor — 14 copies
Academy Mystery Novellas: Women Sleuths, Police Procedurals, Locked Room Puzzles, Great British Detectives ( BOX Set) (1985) — Contributor — 14 copies
A Treasury of Great Short Stories — Contributor — 7 copies
SLEUTHS: TWENTY-THREE GREAT DETECTIVES OF FICTION AND THEIR BEST STORIES. (1931) — Contributor — 6 copies
Best Detective Stories, Second Series — Contributor — 4 copies
Detektivhistorier fra Sherlock Holmes til Hercule Poirot — Contributor — 3 copies
Gli investigatori di Dio — Contributor — 3 copies
Selected Stories of Great Authors — Contributor — 3 copies
Shadows from a Veiled Creation: Classic Tales of Supernatural Fiction in the Christian Tradition (2006) — Contributor — 2 copies
Crime and Detection (Second Series) — Contributor — 2 copies
Spionhistorier fra hele verden — Contributor — 2 copies
Classic Crime Stories: 13 Tales from Edgar Allan Poe to Lawrence Block (2007) — Contributor — 2 copies
The Detective in Fiction: A Posse of Eight — Contributor — 2 copies
An Anthology of English humor : short stories by various authors — Contributor — 2 copies
Ellery Queen's 1966 Anthology — Contributor — 1 copy
De ¤bedste kriminalhistorier fra hele verden — Contributor — 1 copy
The ship of destiny — Preface, some editions — 1 copy
Duchy Zimowej Nocy 1 copy
Rosemary — Contributor — 1 copy
Verdens beste kriminalhistorier — Contributor — 1 copy
Classic Detective Stories: Includes "The Dying Detective", "Thirteen Lead Soldiers", "The Man in the Passage", "The… (1999) — Contributor — 1 copy
LibriVox Short Ghost and Horror Collection 035 — Contributor — 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Chesterton, G. K.
- Legal name
- Chesterton, Gilbert Keith
- Other names
- Chesterton, Gilbert K.
- Birthdate
- 1874-05-29
- Date of death
- 1936-06-14
- Burial location
- Roman Catholic Cemetery, Shepherd's Lane, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Country (for map)
- England, UK
- Birthplace
- Kensington, London, England, UK
- Place of death
- Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
- Cause of death
- congestive heart failure
- Places of residence
- London, England, UK
- Education
- Slade School of Art
St. Paul's School, London, England, UK - Occupations
- journalist
short-story writer
lay theologian
poet
philosopher
orator (show all 9)
critic
biographer
Christian apologist - Relationships
- Chesterton, Cecil (brother)
Jones, Ada Elizabeth (sister-in-law)
Chesterton, A. K. (cousin)
Chesterton, Frances (wife) - Organizations
- The Detection Club
Roman Catholic Church - Awards and honors
- Order of St Gregory the Great
Episcopal Church USA observes June 13 as a provisional feast day - Short biography
- G K Chesterton has been described as one of the most unjustly neglected writers of our time. Born in 1874 -when Kensington still formed part of Middlesex-, he became a journalist and later began writing books and pamphlets. His work includes novels, literary and social criticism, political papers and spiritual essays in a style characterised by enormous wit, paradox, humility and wonder. He converted to Catholicism in 1922 and he explores the nature of spirituality in many of his books and essays, including the mighty Orthodoxy.Chesterton created the fictional priest-detective Father Brown, and wrote on apologetics. Even some of those who disagree with him have recognised the wide appeal of such works as Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man. Chesterton routinely referred to himself as an "orthodox" Christian, and came to identify this position more and more with Catholicism, eventually converting to Catholicism from High Church Anglicanism. Biographers have identified him as a successor to such Victorian authors as Matthew Arnold, Thomas Carlyle, Cardinal John Henry Newman, and John Ruskin. On his contributions, T. S. Eliot wrote,
He was importantly and consistently on the side of the angels. Behind the Johnsonian fancy-dress, so reassuring to the British public, he concealed the most serious and revolutionary designs—concealing them by exposure ... Chesterton's social and economic ideas...were fundamentally Christian and Catholic. He did more, I think, than any man of his time—and was able to do more than anyone else, because of his particular background, development and abilities as a public performer—to maintain the existence of the important minority in the modern world. He leaves behind a permanent claim upon our loyalty, to see that the work that he did in his time is continued in ours.
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Book One: The Innocence of Fr. Brown. The little priest is a whiz-bang analyzer and reaches conclusions far in advance of those with him. The curious, and disconcerting, aspect of these stories is the ubiquitousness of Fr. Brown. He turns up in the most unusual places in a most timely manner. It is entertaining but can become boring.