✝️🕵️♂️Father Brown: The unlikely sleuth of G K Chesterton
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📚 About our sessions
Please read the stories listed below before attending. For every story we will start with summarizing the story so that we have it fresh in our minds. We will share our opinions about the story, which parts we liked and which we didn't like, and we will discuss any and all aspects of the story and the writing.
📖 About this session
In 1910s detective stories were becoming poor imitations of Sherlock Holmes with baffling crimes and convoluted puzzles. G K Chesterton revitalized the genre by writing cosy mysteries which had domestic crimes with human motives. And an unlikely detective who solves his puzzles without relying on superhuman knowledge or intelligence.
✝️🔎The Blue Cross [published 1910] (~7400 words) ~30 mins⏲️
🏡🔐The Secret Garden [published 1910] (~7500 words) ~30 mins⏲️
You can read about G K Chesterton's view of detective story as a legitimate form of art here: A Defense of Detective Stories
After the discussion feel free to stick around, socialize, and make new friends. ☕