G. K. Chesterton.

The good-natured Father Brown takes pride of place in the line of famous detectives of world literature, at the beginning of which stands the famous Sherlock Holmes. Mr. Festus' absence, Broken Saber, Colonel Cray's salad, Arrow from heaven, A pernicious book, Fast train to Edinburgh, The Crime of Captain Gahagan and The Pledge of Love, a total of eight stories of Father Brown were selected and dramatized by Jaroslav Pour. In 1997, director Petr Adler made. Cast Bořivoj Navrátil, Peter Pelzer, Miroslav Doležal, Jiří Plachý, Karel Hlušicka, Michal Pavlata and other actors. The work of G. K. The bibliography of Chesterton (1874-1936) is extensive, with around 100 titles. He was a brilliant polemic and essayist, a diligent and quick-witted publicist, writing poems, short stories and novels, and he also devoted himself to literary criticism. Chesterton's fictional works include. the novels Napoleon of Notting Hill, The Ball and the Cross, and various short story collections, the most popular of which are the numerous stories of amateur sleuth Father Brown.