Chesterton based the character on Father John O'Connor (1. Bradford who was involved in Chesterton's conversion to Catholicism in 1. Father Brown is a short, stumpy Roman Catholic priest, . He makes his first appearance in the story The Blue Cross and continues through the five volumes of short stories, often assisted by the reformed criminal M. Father Brown also appears in a story . El Padre Brown es un cura cat. De aspecto rechoncho. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (Edimburgo, 22 maggio 1859 – Crowborough, 7 luglio 1930)
In the October 1. The Premier, Sir Max Pemberton published the first part of the story, inviting a number of detective story writers, including Chesterton, to use their talents to solve the mystery of the murder described. Chesterton and Father Brown's solution followed in the November issue. The story was first reprinted in the Chesterton Review (Winter 1. Thirteen Detectives. Unlike the more famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown's methods tend to be intuitive rather than deductive. He explains his method in . I had planned out each of the crimes very carefully. I had thought out exactly how a thing like that could be done, and in what style or state of mind a man could really do it. And when I was quite sure that I felt exactly like the murderer myself, of course I knew who he was. He always emphasises rationality; some stories, such as . In fact, he seems to represent an ideal of a devout, yet considerably educated and . This can be traced to the influence of Roman Catholic thought on Chesterton. He is characteristically humble, and is usually rather quiet; when he does talk, he almost always says something profound. Although he tends to handle crimes with a steady, realistic approach, he believes in the supernatural as the greatest reason of all.
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