- Physicians, Scottish Authors, Biography, English Novelists
Although not billed as such,this is in fact largely an autobiography of Cronin.Towards the end, there is perhaps too much proselytising.
Log it
Sign in to log this.
Character
Earnest, grave, classical in form and spare.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- resolvedopen-ended
Who loves it, who doesn't
No profiled raters yet.
Ask the title
A yes-or-no question, answered from what people wrote here, on TMDB and on Wikipedia. Never made up.
Reviews
No reviews yet.
About the book
- Author
- A. J. Cronin
- First published
- 1952
- Pages
- 331
- Publisher
- New English Library, Hodder & Stoughton General Division, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
- Editions
- 15
- Language
- English, bur
- ISBN
- 9780450031953
Where to read
Libraries first: a card gets you most books for nothing. Each opens that service’s page for this title.
On Open Library, 1 have read it and 6 want to.
Archibald Joseph Cronin (19 July 1896 – 6 January 1981), known as A. J. Cronin, was a Scottish physician and novelist. His best-known novel is The Citadel (1937), about a Scottish doctor who serves in a Welsh mining village before achieving success in London, where he becomes disillusioned about the venality and incompetence of some doctors. Cronin knew both areas, as a medical inspector of mines and as a doctor in Harley Street. The book exposed unfairness and malpractice in British medicine and helped to inspire the National Health Service. The Stars Look Down, set in the North East of England, is another of his best-selling novels inspired by his work among miners. Both novels have been f
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Tastebuds Other media included when they land close.
From Anna 190085% alikeBoth earnest, grave, classical in form.
The green years 194484% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form, grave.
The pigman & me 199283% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form, grave.
Love, Anarchy, and Emma Goldman 198483% alikeBoth earnest, grave, classical in form.
Yoruba girl dancing 199183% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form, grave.
Balcony on the moon 201683% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form, grave.
Confessions of an actor 198281% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form, grave.
Both earnest, grave, classical in form.
Batman & Bill 201786% alikeFilm · Both earnest, grave, classical in form.
Goldeneye 198983% alikeFilm · Both earnest, grave, classical in form.