G. K. Chesterton's The Complete Father Brown Stories Father Brown originally appeared in 1911 in The Innocence of Father Brown, one of the most oddly pleasant and charming characters to emerge from English detective fiction. G.K. Chesterton's genial priest was thrust into the forefront of quirky sleuths with that first collection of stories. This complete collection comprises all of the favourite Father Brown stories, demonstrating a calm wit and compassion that has endeared him to many, while solving his problems in a very convincing manner using a combination of imagination and compassionate worldliness.