'It would not be fair to record the adventures of Father Brown, without admitting that he was once involved in a grave scandal. There still are persons, perhaps even of his own community, who would sa
G. K. 切斯特頓（Gilbert Keith Chesterton, 1874 - 1936）出生於英國倫敦西區的肯辛頓，切斯特頓原先對插畫極有興趣，但在1900年左右，受邀為一些雜誌撰寫藝術評論後，就此激發了他對寫作的熱情，成為極為多產的作家，包括各類專著、散文集、小說和戲劇。他文筆幽默詼諧，處處顯現機峰，兼顧理性與感性面，用矛盾手法來探討各種主題，且涉獵範圍極廣，舉凡世界情勢、政府、政治、
