Father Brown
Priestly amateur detective
Father Brown is a fictional Catholic priest and amateur detective created by G.K.
Chesterton, appearing in short stories beginning in 1911.
Short, dumpy, and seemingly bumbling, he solves crimes through his deep understanding of human nature and sin, gained from hearing confessions.
The character has inspired numerous television and radio adaptations: I've been watching the new Father Brown series.
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- priestOne who performs sacraments
- Roman CatholicChristian denomination led from Vatican
- cassockFull-length clerical garment
- mysteriesUnexplained phenomena or events
Chesterton · short stories · G.K. Chesterton · innocence · umbrella · Catholic · parish · sleuth · crime fiction · Essex · wisdom · paradox · bumbling · intuition · confession · vicar · crime · England
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Father BrownSherlock Holmes
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Father BrownJavert
vigilante · Judge Dredd · Dirty Harry · criminal mastermind · Moriarty
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