Before long, people were taking notice of his work. When his friends formed a journal, the Speaker, Chesterton contributed a series of articles, and soon began writing for the London Daily News and Bookman as well. Most of Chesterton's literary output was nonfiction, including thousands of columns for various periodicals, but today he is best remembered for his fictional work-a mystery series about Father Brown, a Catholic priest and amateur detective.Ĭhesterton began his literary career as a manuscript reader for a London publishing house, but he soon moved into writing art criticism. "He said something about everything and he said it better than anyone else," writes Dale Ahlquist, president of the American Chester Society, on the society's website. Not only did he get into lively discussions with anyone who would debate him, including his friend, frequent verbal sparring partner, and noted Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, but he wrote about seemingly every topic, in every genre, from journalism to plays, poetry to crime novels. Chesterton was one of the dominating figures of the London literary scene in the early 20th century.
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