Summary
A soul-stirring novel of pride and greed, and its terrible retribution …
When her father forced her to leave school, and cut off all her contact with the past and future, Mary Brodie’s whole life became the narrow compass of her family’s cold, comfortless house in a small Scottish town.
Her mean and ambitious father tyrannized over his timid, obliging wife, his cowed, overworked younger daughter and his spineless son. Four people were held in Brodie’s merciless grip until, lik…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781035069590 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1035069598 |
| Author: | A.J. Cronin |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Pan Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 624 |
| Release Date: | 30 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 418g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 130mm x 39mm |
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Immensely successful * The Spectator *
A.J. Cronin was perhaps the most successful novelist of the 1930s … probably as significant a figure as J.B. Priestley * The English Historical Review *
One of the most popular authors in the English speaking world * New York Times *
About The Author
A.J. Cronin
A. J. Cronin was born in Cardross, Scotland, in 1896 and studied at the University of Glasgow. In 1916 he served as a surgeon sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve. At the war’s end, he completed his medical studies and practiced in South Wales. He was later appointed to the Ministry of Mines, where he studied the medical problems of the mining industry. Cronin 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 to the works of Dickens, Hardy, and Balzac, earning him critical acclaim. Six years later, he published The Citadel, which brought attention to the incompetence of medical practice and helped incite the establishment of the National Health Service (NHS).
Cronin died in 1931.
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