Secret Garden is a book that compiles seven of the best stories by Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936). This London author was one of the most prominent and successful critics, novelists and poets in English literature.
Readers will be able to find in The Secret Garden the adventures of Father Brown, where through his notorious intelligence and cunning he has to unravel a series of mysteries. Being the story of the same title as the book, in my opinion one of the best. This retelling of stories should not be confused with the sub-Korean drama that bears the same title. By the way, I recommend it, it is excellent.
- El Padre Brown, detective (1935);
- El detective (1954);
- La pista del crimen (1962);
- El Padre Brown (1974) (serie de televisión de 13 capítulos).
Adaptations of these stories have been made to film and television such as:
- Father Brown, detective (1935);
- The Detective (1954);
- The Crime Clue (1962);
- Father Brown (1974) (13-episode television series).
The adventures of the priest, in addition to making our imagination fly and expanding our culture and presenting us in a very reliable way with scenarios and times we have not experienced, instill in us restlessness, expectation, relief in the face of solved mysteries and mainly put our mind as if we were Brown himself. The protagonist was inspired by Father O'Connor, whom Chesterton met in 1907 and whom he admired for his intelligence and friendliness.
Other publications by this author that we should read are:
- Greybeards at play (poem collection),
- Robert Browning (biography),
- Charles Dickens (biography),
- The Napoleon of Notting Hill (novel),
- Orthodoxy (literature with religious content) and
- The sphere and the cross (novel).
The adventure may be crazy, but
the adventurer must be sane.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Don't stop reading this majestic work. Enjoy.