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A. J. Cronin

A. J. Cronin (Archibald Joseph Cronin) , 1896-1981, Scottish novelist. He gave up his prosperous London medical practice to devote himself to writing after the success of his first novel, Hatter's Castle (1931). His novels, written in a direct simple style, reflect both his religious beliefs as a Roman Catholic and his medical training. He is best known for The Citadel (1937), The Keys of the Kingdom (1941), The Green Years (1944), Shannon's Way (1948), and Pocketful of Rye (1969).

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Cronin, A. J. ( Archibald Joseph Cronin) (1896–1981), practised as a doctor for some years before devoting himself to an extremely successful career as a middle-brow novelist. His best-known novels (e.g. The Stars Look Down, 1935; The Citadel, 1937) combine in their subject-matter the appeal of medicine and of mining, reflecting his own early experiences as a doctor in South Wales.

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