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 ...
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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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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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Very Good. A-format paperback. 608 p. Set in the north of England at the turn of the century, this novel focuses on the lives and times of the people who lived there, describing the suffering of the miners and the advent of World War I. Other publications by Cronin include "Adventures of a Black Bag", a collection of short stories.
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Fair. No dust jacket. 1949. 13th Impression. 508 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with dulled lettering. Mild brown staining to pages on occasion. Heavy foxing and tanning to pages throughout. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with sunning to spine. Minor scuffing, staining and marking to boards. World of Rare Books Item ref. 1613402834MHA (Use this ID when enquiring about this item. )
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Fair. No dust jacket. 1949. 508 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with faded lettering. Previous owner's name to front endpaper. Heavy tanning to pages throughout. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Heavy sunning to spine. Book has a forward lean. World of Rare Books Item ref. 1586259834IEV (Use this ID when enquiring about this item. )
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Fair. No dust jacket. 1939. 701 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout with thumb-marking present. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light crushing to spine ends. Moderate tanning to spine with splitting revealing binding to front joint. World of Rare Books Item ref. 1597833077DPB (Use this ID when enquiring about this item. )
