The Stars Look Down - Brossura

Cronin, A J

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ISBN 10: 144724379X ISBN 13: 9781447243793

Casa editrice: Bello, 2013

Riassunto

The Stars Look Down was A.J. Cronin's fourth novel, published in 1935, and this tale of a North country mining family was a great favourite with his readers.

Robert Fenwick is a miner, and so are his three sons. His wife is proud that all her four men go down the mines. But David, the youngest, is determined that somehow he will educate himself and work to ameliorate the lives of his comrades who ruin their health to dig the nation's coal. It is, perhaps, a typical tale of the era in which it was written – there were many novels about coal mining, but Cronin, a doctor turned author, had a gift for storytelling, and in his time wrote several very popular and successful novels

In the magnificent narrative tradition of The Citadel, Hatter’s Castle and Cronin’s other novels, The Stars Look Down is deservedly remembered as a classic of its age.

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Descrizione del libro

From the author of The Stars Look Down and The Citadel, and the creator of Dr Finlay's Casebook

L'autore

Born in Cardross, Scotland, A J Cronin studied at the University of Glasgow. In 1916 he served as a surgeon sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy Volunteers Reserve, and at the war's end he completed his medical studies and practiced in South Wales. He was later appointed to the Ministry of Mines, studying the medical problems of the mining industry. He later moved to London and built up a successful practice in the West End. In 1931 he published his first book, Hatter's Castle, which was compared with the work of Dickens, Hardy and Balzac, winning him critical acclaim. Other books by AJ Cronin include: The Citadel, Three Loves, The Green Years, Beyond This Place, The Keys of the Kingdom.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Bello
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 144724379X
• ISBN 13: 9781447243793
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 712
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile