80 títulos para "Cronin A J"

LAS LLAVES DEL REINO

Cronin, A. J.

Las llaves del Reino relata la vida del Padre Francisco: su infancia, el trágico suceso que despertó su vocación: su labor misionera en China, en un agitado período de hambre, peste y guerra civil. Aunque desconcertante a veces, por su peculiar carácter y su ingenuidad, el protagonista de esta nove...

La ciudadela

Cronin, A. J. / Ostos García, Raúl

Cuando el joven doctor Andrew Manson ocupa su primer puesto laboral en una comunidad minera de Gales, trae con él ante todo un buen puñado de idealismo y entusiasmo. Pronto es puesto a prueba hasta el límite, al descubrir la realidad de la práctica médica de provincias y la indescriptible situación...

Las llaves del reino

Cronin, A. J. / Ostos García, Raúl

Las llaves del reino narra la vida del padre Francisco: su infancia, el trágico suceso que despertó su vocación, su labor misionera en China durante un agitado período de hambre, peste y guerra civil. Desconcertante a veces por su peculiar carácter e ingenuidad, el protagonista de este relato pos...

A Pocketful of Rye

A J Cronin

The poignant sequel to A Song of Sixpence.The clinic stood high on an Alpine slope. Lush meadows, studded with autumn crocus, sloped steeply down. Across the valley, above the pinewoods, the high peaks were already dusted with snow. Like a toy railway, the line to Davos twisted and turned up along t...

Lady with Carnations

A J Cronin

Lady with Carnations is not only the traditional name of a famous Holbein miniature which unexpectedly comes into a London salesroom in the mid-thirties: it is also the soubriquet by which some of her close friends think of the antique-dealer who buys it. Katharine Lorimer, by hard work, flair and c...

The Stars Look Down

A J Cronin

The Stars Look Down was A.J. Cronins 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 det...

Penguin Readers 5: Citadel, The Book and CD Pack

Cronin, A

When Andrew Manson starts work as a doctor he discovers some unpleasant facts about the medical profession. He struggles against a system that seems to value money more than curing illness. But the system is extremely powerful. Will he win his battle?

Hatters Castle

A J Cronin

A. J. Cronins famous story is 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 Brodies whole life became the narrow compass of her familys cold, comfortless house in a small S...

The Citadel

A J Cronin

When newly qualified doctor Andrew Manson takes up his first post in a Welsh mining community, the young Scot brings with him a bagful of idealism and enthusiasm. Both are soon strained to the limit as Andrew discovers the reality of performing operations on a kitchen table and washing in a scullery...

The Spanish Gardener

A J Cronin

When Mr Harrington Brande moves himself and his precious young son Nicholas to a grand house in the deserted Spanish town of San Jorge he is planning on a fresh start for the two of them. And only the two of them.For Mr Harrington Brande is a proud man and a jealous man. His beloved wife has recentl...

Shannons Way

A J Cronin

Robert Shannon was a devoted scientist on the brink of a medical discovery of great importance. He had no time or inclination for women . . . or for any of the world outside his laboratory. But Jean Law had other plans for him. Strictly brought up by narrow-minded parents, confined by her hospital l...

Novelas ; Teatro ; Autobiografía

CRONIN, A. J.