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332 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1937
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A.J. Cronin
181听books473听followersArchibald Joseph Cronin was a Scottish novelist, dramatist, and non-fiction writer who was one of the most renowned storytellers of the twentieth century. His best-known works are The Citadel and The Keys of the Kingdom, both of which were made into Oscar-nominated films. He also created the Dr. Finlay character, the hero of a series of stories that served as the basis for the long-running BBC television and radio series entitled Dr. Finlay's Casebook.
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June 11, 2024
3.5 ~ 4 stars
Originally published in 1937, this story follows newly physician鈥檚 assistant, Andrew Manson, recently accepted to a post in a mining town in Wales.
Manson is driven by his ethics and wont of care for his poor patients. Life is a struggle for the young man, but Manson grows in his self-esteem and ambition.
This is the story of his life, trials and tribulations, and, life-altering successes.
The author was a medical doctor prior to writing THE CITADEL; and, I wondered how much of his own life he breathed into Andrew Manson.
Originally published in 1937, this story follows newly physician鈥檚 assistant, Andrew Manson, recently accepted to a post in a mining town in Wales.
Manson is driven by his ethics and wont of care for his poor patients. Life is a struggle for the young man, but Manson grows in his self-esteem and ambition.
This is the story of his life, trials and tribulations, and, life-altering successes.
The author was a medical doctor prior to writing THE CITADEL; and, I wondered how much of his own life he breathed into Andrew Manson.
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April 25, 2019 is the morality tale of the initially idealistic Scottish Doctor Andrew Manson who starts off working in the mining towns of the South Wales valleys before descending into the vanity fair of fashionable London doctors, who specialise in conditions which cost a lot of money to treat, where he reaches a crisis point before returning to the narrow path of virtue.
In the Welsh Valleys, Manson encounters the diseases of poverty exacerbated by poor housing conditions and industrial injuries, leaving behind the Celtic fringe for the slightly shabby attractions of London he will encounter the profitable diseases of the rich, such as hypochondria, which as everyone with a taste for earning money knows, is best treated with inflated bills and quack treatments.
It is clearly a book of its time. Published in 1937 this is Britain before the National Health Service, it is critical of the then private for profit system of Doctors' practices which makes for a nice moral contrast between success in this world and the disturbing possibilities of an ideal of the Doctor as someone using their skills to help the sick.
Several kinds of solutions can be offered for this dichotomy. This book doesn't predict the National Health Service or imagine anything near as wide ranging, although it is sometimes said to have paid a role in bringing it about. Cronin, who was a Doctor himself, imagines instead something like the Polyclinics of the Soviet Union staffed by a mixed group of medical personnel devoted to the ideal of healing rather than of earning money. Individual virtue rather than structural change is as far as he goes. I suppose this is often the imagined answer because we can imagine that we might, if well supported, be able to practise individual virtue, while massive structural social change seems a bit fantastical, in the event the Second World war occurred and the practise of national mobilisation produced a profound shift in thinking which dominated the country until the end 1970s. But Cronin wasn't to know that in 1937.
In this book Cronin has a weakness towards tell don't show, rather than letting characters emerge through their dialogue or actions and his use of Manson's wife - really potentially an interesting figure in her own right - is wasteful. But he tells here a lively story of aspiration and corruption. had more flashes of skill down at the sentence level but suffered from a super abundance of potential plot directions, this is a simple story but that makes for a better book.
In the Welsh Valleys, Manson encounters the diseases of poverty exacerbated by poor housing conditions and industrial injuries, leaving behind the Celtic fringe for the slightly shabby attractions of London he will encounter the profitable diseases of the rich, such as hypochondria, which as everyone with a taste for earning money knows, is best treated with inflated bills and quack treatments.
It is clearly a book of its time. Published in 1937 this is Britain before the National Health Service, it is critical of the then private for profit system of Doctors' practices which makes for a nice moral contrast between success in this world and the disturbing possibilities of an ideal of the Doctor as someone using their skills to help the sick.
Several kinds of solutions can be offered for this dichotomy. This book doesn't predict the National Health Service or imagine anything near as wide ranging, although it is sometimes said to have paid a role in bringing it about. Cronin, who was a Doctor himself, imagines instead something like the Polyclinics of the Soviet Union staffed by a mixed group of medical personnel devoted to the ideal of healing rather than of earning money. Individual virtue rather than structural change is as far as he goes. I suppose this is often the imagined answer because we can imagine that we might, if well supported, be able to practise individual virtue, while massive structural social change seems a bit fantastical, in the event the Second World war occurred and the practise of national mobilisation produced a profound shift in thinking which dominated the country until the end 1970s. But Cronin wasn't to know that in 1937.
In this book Cronin has a weakness towards tell don't show, rather than letting characters emerge through their dialogue or actions and his use of Manson's wife - really potentially an interesting figure in her own right - is wasteful. But he tells here a lively story of aspiration and corruption. had more flashes of skill down at the sentence level but suffered from a super abundance of potential plot directions, this is a simple story but that makes for a better book.
April 20, 2024
This work is superb to discover because it has retained all its relevance, and the transmitted message retains all its force. This book is the first by this author for me. I opened it because I was intrigued by the title and wanted to know more and browse the story. What a good idea I had! The book is fascinating from start to finish and is a superb surprise that I highly recommend!
December 5, 2024
袙褋械泻懈 锌褉芯褌懈胁薪懈泻 薪邪 胁邪泻褋懈薪懈褉邪薪械褌芯 褌褉褟斜胁邪 蟹邪写褗谢卸懈褌械谢薪芯 写邪 锌褉芯褔械褌械 褌邪蟹懈 泻薪懈谐邪!
袙褋械泻懈, 泻芯泄褌芯 褋懈 锌芯蟹胁芯谢褟胁邪 写邪 锌褉懈褉邪胁薪褟胁邪 屑械写懈褑懈薪褋泻懈褌械 谢懈褑邪 写芯 械写懈薪 懈 褋褗褖懈 薪懈褋褗泻 屑芯褉邪谢械薪 邪褉褕懈薪, 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 锌褉芯褔械褌械 褌邪蟹懈 泻薪懈谐邪.
啸芯褉邪褌邪 蟹邪斜褉邪胁褟褌 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 谢械褋薪芯 懈 薪械锌褉芯褋褌懈屑芯 斜褗褉蟹芯...
袧邪 褋薪懈屑泻邪褌邪: 屑邪泄泻懈 褔邪泻邪褖懈 薪邪 芯锌邪褕泻邪 写械褑邪褌邪 懈屑 写邪 斜褗写邪褌 懈屑褍薪懈蟹懈褉邪薪懈 褋褉械褖褍 写械褌褋泻懈 锌邪褉邪谢懈褔, 袗胁褋褌褉邪谢懈褟, 60褌械 谐芯写懈薪懈 薪邪 啸啸 胁械泻. 袩褉芯褋褌懈 褏芯褉邪 褖械 褉械褔械褕, 锌褗泻 懈 谐懈 械 薪褟屑邪谢芯 懈薪褌械褉薪械褌 懈 斜谐 屑邪屑懈褌械, 写邪 懈屑 褉邪蟹褟褋薪褟褌 锌芯褔褌懈 薪邪褍褔薪芯 芯斜芯褋薪芯胁邪薪芯, 泻邪泻胁邪 芯谐褉芯屑薪邪 谐褉械褕泻邪 锌褉邪胁褟褌...
袙褋械泻懈, 泻芯泄褌芯 褋懈 锌芯蟹胁芯谢褟胁邪 写邪 锌褉懈褉邪胁薪褟胁邪 屑械写懈褑懈薪褋泻懈褌械 谢懈褑邪 写芯 械写懈薪 懈 褋褗褖懈 薪懈褋褗泻 屑芯褉邪谢械薪 邪褉褕懈薪, 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 锌褉芯褔械褌械 褌邪蟹懈 泻薪懈谐邪.
啸芯褉邪褌邪 蟹邪斜褉邪胁褟褌 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 谢械褋薪芯 懈 薪械锌褉芯褋褌懈屑芯 斜褗褉蟹芯...
袧邪 褋薪懈屑泻邪褌邪: 屑邪泄泻懈 褔邪泻邪褖懈 薪邪 芯锌邪褕泻邪 写械褑邪褌邪 懈屑 写邪 斜褗写邪褌 懈屑褍薪懈蟹懈褉邪薪懈 褋褉械褖褍 写械褌褋泻懈 锌邪褉邪谢懈褔, 袗胁褋褌褉邪谢懈褟, 60褌械 谐芯写懈薪懈 薪邪 啸啸 胁械泻. 袩褉芯褋褌懈 褏芯褉邪 褖械 褉械褔械褕, 锌褗泻 懈 谐懈 械 薪褟屑邪谢芯 懈薪褌械褉薪械褌 懈 斜谐 屑邪屑懈褌械, 写邪 懈屑 褉邪蟹褟褋薪褟褌 锌芯褔褌懈 薪邪褍褔薪芯 芯斜芯褋薪芯胁邪薪芯, 泻邪泻胁邪 芯谐褉芯屑薪邪 谐褉械褕泻邪 锌褉邪胁褟褌...
November 12, 2024
The Citadel is a beautiful study of an idealistic young doctor who attempts to swim against the tide of the established medical ethics and the unorganized system, who, though almost drowned by it in the cause, courageously extricates himself and swims ashore conscientiously.
This story of the young Scottish doctor, Andrew Manson, is one inspirational story. Beginning his career as the medical assistant to a doctor in a South Wales mining community, he receives his first blow in the understanding that his learning at the medical school is inadequate to cater to the actual illnesses of the people. Slowly, with the help of a senior colleague and a little practical experience, he develops a scientific method of diagnosis and treatment. But in so doing, he is in for war, for he must face many difficulties since his method is against the traditionally established medical ethics. On top of it, Dr. Manson must face the jealousies and rivalries of the old practitioners who saw him as a threat to their practices. He is driven from place to place, but nowhere could he find his ideal system. Frustrated, he then swims in line with the established system for a time and finds himself slowly drowning in the benefits and money it brings. But one horrible incident wakes up the dormant idealist in him and thereon, he defies the system resorting to the beneficial yet unorthodox more scientific methods of treatment.
Based on his own experiences as a physician, in this semi-autobiographical novel, Cronin pours out his own views for an organized medical system, boldly confronting the established traditional medical ethics. Cronin wanted a change in the system, to establish an ordered method where the doctors could work conscientiously and in accordance with the Hippocratic Oath. He succeeded in his mission as this groundbreaking novel served to inspire the formation of the National Health Service (NHS).
The novel is mostly medical fiction, but it is also a good portrayal of a doctor's life, the hardships they face in carrying out their duties, the struggle to keep a decent professional front amidst financial difficulties, and the normal human feelings of love, separation, loss, grief, and hope. The sympathetic presentation of these professional men, showing that they are also humans with feelings in their non-professional capacity is really touching. Cronin may not be a literary genius, but his presentation of them is genuine and heartfelt. Andrew Manson earns readers' sympathy, and though his conduct is not always noble, he is a likable hero, because he feels real and human. And so are the other characters. Even those you don't like are relatable. Reading the story was almost like reading a true story.
For a newbie to Cronin, I'm pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the story and his simplistic writing. There is no pretension or any unnecessary adornment. He connects us with the characters effortlessly. And though his writing is simple, there is a power in its simplicity which makes the story stay with you long after you finish reading it. That is the ability of a good storyteller, and Cronin qualifies as one.
This story of the young Scottish doctor, Andrew Manson, is one inspirational story. Beginning his career as the medical assistant to a doctor in a South Wales mining community, he receives his first blow in the understanding that his learning at the medical school is inadequate to cater to the actual illnesses of the people. Slowly, with the help of a senior colleague and a little practical experience, he develops a scientific method of diagnosis and treatment. But in so doing, he is in for war, for he must face many difficulties since his method is against the traditionally established medical ethics. On top of it, Dr. Manson must face the jealousies and rivalries of the old practitioners who saw him as a threat to their practices. He is driven from place to place, but nowhere could he find his ideal system. Frustrated, he then swims in line with the established system for a time and finds himself slowly drowning in the benefits and money it brings. But one horrible incident wakes up the dormant idealist in him and thereon, he defies the system resorting to the beneficial yet unorthodox more scientific methods of treatment.
Based on his own experiences as a physician, in this semi-autobiographical novel, Cronin pours out his own views for an organized medical system, boldly confronting the established traditional medical ethics. Cronin wanted a change in the system, to establish an ordered method where the doctors could work conscientiously and in accordance with the Hippocratic Oath. He succeeded in his mission as this groundbreaking novel served to inspire the formation of the National Health Service (NHS).
The novel is mostly medical fiction, but it is also a good portrayal of a doctor's life, the hardships they face in carrying out their duties, the struggle to keep a decent professional front amidst financial difficulties, and the normal human feelings of love, separation, loss, grief, and hope. The sympathetic presentation of these professional men, showing that they are also humans with feelings in their non-professional capacity is really touching. Cronin may not be a literary genius, but his presentation of them is genuine and heartfelt. Andrew Manson earns readers' sympathy, and though his conduct is not always noble, he is a likable hero, because he feels real and human. And so are the other characters. Even those you don't like are relatable. Reading the story was almost like reading a true story.
For a newbie to Cronin, I'm pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the story and his simplistic writing. There is no pretension or any unnecessary adornment. He connects us with the characters effortlessly. And though his writing is simple, there is a power in its simplicity which makes the story stay with you long after you finish reading it. That is the ability of a good storyteller, and Cronin qualifies as one.
February 20, 2016
Oh this is wonderful story - a 1937 publication concerning primarily, the life of a young doctor investigating lung disease rife amongst miners and social conditions in mid Wales. Fully recommended.
September 27, 2023
I will definitely be reading more by this author--SOON!
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*There is a feel of the old-fashioned in the prose. I like this very much.
*Historical information is captivatingly drawn. At the same time facts are informatively presented. There is a good balance of heart and head.
*Ethics, both medical and personal, is a central theme. How to live a life and the road toward finding one鈥檚 own way is movingly portrayed. Life鈥檚 ups and down, happiness and sorrow--both are here. The reader observes the allure of money and fame and the depths to which they can bring a person. This was a very important element of the story for me!
*The characters become individuals you come to know very, very well. The characters presented at the start of the novel carry through to the end. None are extraneous. The story is well thought out.
*I don鈥檛 enjoy sweet, happy, cute fairy tales. They are not reality. Reality is delivered here.
The audiobook is read by Franklin Engelmann. The narration performance is fine, but the recording is poor. The sound is distant, as if you were listening to an old movie recording that crackles.
The author was himself a doctor--he writes of what he knows!
I so wish I had more time to spend writing about this classic. Life intrudes.
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Read first the book description鈥攊t is accurate.
What should be pointed out?
*There is a feel of the old-fashioned in the prose. I like this very much.
*Historical information is captivatingly drawn. At the same time facts are informatively presented. There is a good balance of heart and head.
*Ethics, both medical and personal, is a central theme. How to live a life and the road toward finding one鈥檚 own way is movingly portrayed. Life鈥檚 ups and down, happiness and sorrow--both are here. The reader observes the allure of money and fame and the depths to which they can bring a person. This was a very important element of the story for me!
*The characters become individuals you come to know very, very well. The characters presented at the start of the novel carry through to the end. None are extraneous. The story is well thought out.
*I don鈥檛 enjoy sweet, happy, cute fairy tales. They are not reality. Reality is delivered here.
The audiobook is read by Franklin Engelmann. The narration performance is fine, but the recording is poor. The sound is distant, as if you were listening to an old movie recording that crackles.
The author was himself a doctor--he writes of what he knows!
I so wish I had more time to spend writing about this classic. Life intrudes.
****
Standalones:
* 5 stars
* 5 stars
* 4 stars
* 4 stars
* 4 srats
(autobiography)
* 4 stars
* 4 stars
* 4 stars
* TBR
* TBR
* TBR
*TBR
* TBR
Duologies:
1, 5 stars
2. 3 stars
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1. 5 stars
2. 3 stars
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 6, 2019
I dont know if I can do justice to this book from my review, but I will try. The Citadel is my favourite novel without doubt. I will always love this book no matter how many brilliant books I read in the future. I treat this book with a kind of reverence which I give to no other novels and that has a lot to do with how I came across the book and the time at which I read it.
I found a really old withered copy of this book in the attic of my mother's home. It was owned by a lot of her relatives as it was a course book in their college syllabus and was handed over from one person to another and finally left in the attic to decay, once everyone passed out of college. I felt so sorry for this book and a few others which I rescued and brought back home.
As I read past the yellowed pages of the really delicate book, I was enchanted by Andrew Manson, his dedication and his high morals. I loved Christine Barlow and her honesty and values. I loved the plot. I was appalled by the changes in Manson as he grew rich and felt sorry for Christine as she struggled to support her husband and tried and failed to bring him back to the person he was when she met him for the first time.
This book is the journey of a young doctor fresh out of college, eager to help everyone with his knowledge and skills who ends up lost in the charm of money and fame and losses all interest in the morals and values he once fought for. This is a story of a woman who fell in love with an honest hardworking doctor who went to great lengths to save lives, only to find him changing for the worse into someone whom they both despised. The story of her struggles to make him realise his mistakes. This is a book about medical ethics and what it means to be a doctor. It is a great read and all aspiring medical students must definitely read this stunning book.
I am definitely in love with this book and its characters ever since I read it many years ago when I was just 15. And I will never stop loving it. Hope this review inspires readers to try this amazing book.
It is a semi autobiographical novel of A. J. Cronin who was a doctor. This is the only novel of Cronin's I had ever read. And there I have given my longest review on 欧宝娱乐!馃榿
I found a really old withered copy of this book in the attic of my mother's home. It was owned by a lot of her relatives as it was a course book in their college syllabus and was handed over from one person to another and finally left in the attic to decay, once everyone passed out of college. I felt so sorry for this book and a few others which I rescued and brought back home.
As I read past the yellowed pages of the really delicate book, I was enchanted by Andrew Manson, his dedication and his high morals. I loved Christine Barlow and her honesty and values. I loved the plot. I was appalled by the changes in Manson as he grew rich and felt sorry for Christine as she struggled to support her husband and tried and failed to bring him back to the person he was when she met him for the first time.
This book is the journey of a young doctor fresh out of college, eager to help everyone with his knowledge and skills who ends up lost in the charm of money and fame and losses all interest in the morals and values he once fought for. This is a story of a woman who fell in love with an honest hardworking doctor who went to great lengths to save lives, only to find him changing for the worse into someone whom they both despised. The story of her struggles to make him realise his mistakes. This is a book about medical ethics and what it means to be a doctor. It is a great read and all aspiring medical students must definitely read this stunning book.
I am definitely in love with this book and its characters ever since I read it many years ago when I was just 15. And I will never stop loving it. Hope this review inspires readers to try this amazing book.
It is a semi autobiographical novel of A. J. Cronin who was a doctor. This is the only novel of Cronin's I had ever read. And there I have given my longest review on 欧宝娱乐!馃榿
June 21, 2021
Set in the 1920s in a Welsh mining town, protagonist Andrew Manson is a newly qualified Doctor of Medicine. He is idealistic and eager to make his mark. He wants to change the traditional ineffective methods and use the latest science in his treatments. He becomes fascinated with analyzing the source of miners鈥� lung diseases. As he moves upward in his career, he loses his idealism and becomes more interested in accumulating wealth. His wife grows disillusioned, wondering what happened to the man she married.
This book explores ethics in the medical profession. It portrays doctors of varying competence. Some keep up their skills and others become wedded to traditional remedies. Some compete vigorously with other doctors. The story contains descriptions of diagnoses, medical procedures, and surgeries. Published in 1937, this book was helpful in pointing out changes needed in the UK鈥檚 health care system.
This book explores ethics in the medical profession. It portrays doctors of varying competence. Some keep up their skills and others become wedded to traditional remedies. Some compete vigorously with other doctors. The story contains descriptions of diagnoses, medical procedures, and surgeries. Published in 1937, this book was helpful in pointing out changes needed in the UK鈥檚 health care system.
November 14, 2024
袙卸械 胁泻芯褌褉械 蟹 褑懈屑 蟹褨褕褌芯胁褏褍褞褋褜, 邪谢械 褖芯褉邪蟹褍 写懈胁褍褞褋褜 鈥� 芯褌 褟泻 卸械 褌械泻褋褌懈 褋褌芯褉褨褔薪芯褩 写邪胁薪懈薪懈 斜谢懈蟹褜泻褨 薪邪屑 锌芯 褋械薪褋邪褏 写芯 褋褜芯谐芯写械薪薪褟. 袧邪胁褨褌褜 屑芯蟹芯泻, 泻芯谢懈 褔懈褌邪褦, 褌芯 褏芯褔械 胁褨写褔褍褌懈 胁邪泄斜 褋褌邪褉芯胁懈薪懈, 褔芯谐芯褋褜 薪械邪泻褌褍邪谢褜薪芯谐芯, 薪械褋胁褨写芯屑芯 胁懈褕褍泻芯胁褍褦 褑械, 邪谢械 薪械 蟹薪邪褏芯写懈褌褜. 袨褔械胁懈写薪芯, 褟泻斜懈 褑械 斜褍谢邪 械泻褉邪薪褨蟹邪褑褨褟, 写械 胁褋械 胁褨蟹褍邪谢褜薪芯 胁泻邪蟹褍胁邪谢芯 斜 薪邪 褌械, 褖芯 褑械 1920-褌褨 褉芯泻懈, 褌芯 褌邪泻芯谐芯 械褎械泻褌褍 薪械 斜褍谢芯 斜...
...邪谢械 胁 褌芯屑褍 褨 泻褉邪褋邪 泻薪懈谐. 孝懈 屑芯卸械褕 胁褨写褔褍胁邪褌懈 褨 褍褟胁谢褟褌懈 褌邪泻, 褟泻 褏芯褔械褕. 袛褨邪谢芯谐懈, 写褍屑泻懈, 锌械褉械卸懈胁邪薪薪褟, 褋褌芯褋褍薪泻懈, 泻芯屑锌谢械泻褋懈, 锌褉懈胁邪斜谢懈胁褨褋褌褜 褍褋锌褨褏褍 褌邪 褋褌褉邪褏 薪械胁写邪褔, 屑芯褉邪谢褜薪褨 写懈谢械屑懈 褌邪 褋泻谢邪写薪褨褋褌褜 胁邪卸谢懈胁懈褏 褉褨褕械薪褜 鈥� 胁褋械 褑械 斜褍谢芯, 褦 褨 斜褍写械 胁 锌褉懈斜谢懈蟹薪芯 芯写薪邪泻芯胁芯屑褍 胁械泻褌芯褉褍. 孝芯屑褍 褨 褌邪泻 胁锌褨蟹薪邪胁邪薪械 褍 褌械泻褋褌邪褏 褌邪 胁褨褔薪芯 邪泻褌褍邪谢褜薪械.
袩褉芯褔懈褌邪胁 鈥溞π秆傂靶葱敌谎屸€� 袗褉褔懈斜邪谢褜写邪 袣褉芯薪褨薪邪. 袩械褉褕械 蟹薪邪泄芯屑褋褌胁芯 蟹 邪胁褌芯褉芯屑, 褨 褌芯褔薪芯 薪械 芯褋褌邪薪薪褦.
笑械 褨褋褌芯褉褨褟 锌褉芯 屑芯谢芯写芯谐芯 谢褨泻邪褉褟 袝薪写褉褞 袦械薪褋芯薪邪, 褟泻懈泄 褉芯蟹锌芯褔懈薪邪褦 褋胁褨泄 锌褉芯褎械褋褨泄薪懈泄 褕谢褟褏 褍 屑械写懈褑懈薪褨. 袙褨薪 褨写械邪谢褨褋褌, 褔褨褌泻芯 写谢褟 褋械斜械 褉芯蟹褍屑褨褦, 褖芯 褦 锌褉邪胁懈谢褜薪懈屑, 邪 褖芯 薪械锌褉邪胁懈谢褜薪懈屑, 胁褨写褋褌芯褞褦 锌褉邪胁写褍 褌邪 薪邪屑邪谐邪褦褌褜褋褟 写褨褟褌懈 锌芯 褋芯胁褨褋褌褨. 袗谢械 褋胁褨褌 屑械写懈褑懈薪懈 鈥� 褟泻 褨 斜褍写褜-褟泻邪 褋褎械褉邪 薪邪褕芯谐芯 卸懈褌褌褟 鈥� 薪械 写褍卸械 谢褞斜懈褌褜 鈥溞垦€邪胁懈谢褜薪懈褏 谢褞写械泄鈥�. 孝褍褌 褨 胁懈薪懈泻邪褦 锌懈褌邪薪薪褟 泻芯薪褎芯褉屑褨蟹屑褍, 泻芯屑锌褉芯屑褨褋褨胁 蟹 褋芯胁褨褋褌褞, 谐褉懈 锌芯 锌械胁薪懈褏 薪械锌懈褋邪薪懈屑 锌褉邪胁懈谢邪屑 鈥� 蟹胁褨褋薪芯, 褟泻褖芯 褌懈 褏芯褔械褕 蟹邪谢懈褕懈褌懈褋褜 胁 褑褜芯屑褍 褔芯胁薪褨 褨 泻芯屑褎芯褉褌薪芯 褋械斜械 胁 薪褜芯屑褍 锌芯褔褍胁邪褌懈. 效懈 胁锌芯褉邪褦褌褜褋褟 袝薪写褉褞 蟹 褑懈屑 薪邪褌懈褋泻芯屑? 效懈 蟹褉邪写懈褌褜 褋芯斜褨 褨 褋胁芯褩屑 褨写械邪谢邪屑? 携泻 斜褍写械 写褨褟褌懈 褌芯写褨, 泻芯谢懈 屑芯褉邪谢褜薪懈泄 泻芯屑锌邪褋 蟹屑褍褕械薪懈泄 斜褍写械 蟹斜懈褌懈褋褜?
袣谢邪褋懈褔薪邪 褨褋褌芯褉褨褟 蟹 褉芯蟹泻褉懈褌褌褟屑 泻谢邪褋懈褔薪懈褏 锌褉芯斜谢械屑. 袚邪褉薪芯, 褋褌懈谢褜薪芯, 屑芯屑械薪褌邪屑懈 谐谢懈斜芯泻芯, 屑芯屑械薪褌邪屑懈 锌芯胁械褉褏薪械胁芯, 邪谢械 褌芯褔薪芯 薪械 斜械蟹 斜邪泄写褍卸芯褋褌褨. 孝邪泻 褔懈 褨薪邪泻褕械 胁 谐芯谢芯胁薪懈褏 锌械褉褋芯薪邪卸邪褏 写械褋褜 胁锌褨蟹薪邪褦褌械 褋械斜械. 袩械胁薪芯, 褨褋褌芯褉褨褟 屑芯谐谢邪 斜懈 斜褍褌懈 屑械薪褕芯褞, 斜芯 写械褋褜 锌褉械胁邪谢褞胁邪谢邪 褌械屑邪 褉芯蟹写褍屑褨胁 锌褉芯 屑械写懈褑懈薪褍 褨 褋褍褌芯 锌褉芯褎械褋褨泄薪懈褏 褉芯蟹屑芯胁 (褑械 薪邪谐邪写邪谢芯 鈥溞炑佈傂把傂狙囆叫感� 写褨邪谐薪芯蟹鈥� 袗褉褌褍褉邪 袚械泄谢褨), 褨 褋褌邪胁邪谢芯 褌褉褨褕泻懈 褋泻褍褔薪芯, 邪谢械 褑褨谢褨褋薪械 胁褉邪卸械薪薪褟 鈥� 褏芯褉芯褕械.
效褍胁, 褖芯 褑械 薪械 薪邪泄褋懈谢褜薪褨褕懈泄 褌械泻褋褌 袣褉芯薪褨薪邪, 褌芯屑褍 蟹 褔邪褋芯屑 褋锌褉芯斜褍褞 褖械 褖芯褋褜 锌芯褔懈褌邪褌懈. 袗 锌芯泻懈 鈥� 蟹邪写芯胁芯谢械薪懈泄, 褏芯褉芯褕邪, 胁懈褌褉懈屑邪薪邪, 械谢械谐邪薪褌薪邪 褌邪 械屑芯褑褨泄薪邪 褨褋褌芯褉褨褟 鈥溠佈傂把€芯褩 蟹邪泻邪谢泻懈鈥�.
些械 斜褨谢褜褕械 胁褨写谐褍泻褨胁 褌邪 芯泻芯谢芯谢褨褌械褉邪褌褍褉薪芯谐芯 褕褍泻邪泄褌械 胁 屑芯褦屑褍 泻薪懈卸泻芯胁芯屑褍 斜谢芯蟹褨 胁
...邪谢械 胁 褌芯屑褍 褨 泻褉邪褋邪 泻薪懈谐. 孝懈 屑芯卸械褕 胁褨写褔褍胁邪褌懈 褨 褍褟胁谢褟褌懈 褌邪泻, 褟泻 褏芯褔械褕. 袛褨邪谢芯谐懈, 写褍屑泻懈, 锌械褉械卸懈胁邪薪薪褟, 褋褌芯褋褍薪泻懈, 泻芯屑锌谢械泻褋懈, 锌褉懈胁邪斜谢懈胁褨褋褌褜 褍褋锌褨褏褍 褌邪 褋褌褉邪褏 薪械胁写邪褔, 屑芯褉邪谢褜薪褨 写懈谢械屑懈 褌邪 褋泻谢邪写薪褨褋褌褜 胁邪卸谢懈胁懈褏 褉褨褕械薪褜 鈥� 胁褋械 褑械 斜褍谢芯, 褦 褨 斜褍写械 胁 锌褉懈斜谢懈蟹薪芯 芯写薪邪泻芯胁芯屑褍 胁械泻褌芯褉褍. 孝芯屑褍 褨 褌邪泻 胁锌褨蟹薪邪胁邪薪械 褍 褌械泻褋褌邪褏 褌邪 胁褨褔薪芯 邪泻褌褍邪谢褜薪械.
袩褉芯褔懈褌邪胁 鈥溞π秆傂靶葱敌谎屸€� 袗褉褔懈斜邪谢褜写邪 袣褉芯薪褨薪邪. 袩械褉褕械 蟹薪邪泄芯屑褋褌胁芯 蟹 邪胁褌芯褉芯屑, 褨 褌芯褔薪芯 薪械 芯褋褌邪薪薪褦.
笑械 褨褋褌芯褉褨褟 锌褉芯 屑芯谢芯写芯谐芯 谢褨泻邪褉褟 袝薪写褉褞 袦械薪褋芯薪邪, 褟泻懈泄 褉芯蟹锌芯褔懈薪邪褦 褋胁褨泄 锌褉芯褎械褋褨泄薪懈泄 褕谢褟褏 褍 屑械写懈褑懈薪褨. 袙褨薪 褨写械邪谢褨褋褌, 褔褨褌泻芯 写谢褟 褋械斜械 褉芯蟹褍屑褨褦, 褖芯 褦 锌褉邪胁懈谢褜薪懈屑, 邪 褖芯 薪械锌褉邪胁懈谢褜薪懈屑, 胁褨写褋褌芯褞褦 锌褉邪胁写褍 褌邪 薪邪屑邪谐邪褦褌褜褋褟 写褨褟褌懈 锌芯 褋芯胁褨褋褌褨. 袗谢械 褋胁褨褌 屑械写懈褑懈薪懈 鈥� 褟泻 褨 斜褍写褜-褟泻邪 褋褎械褉邪 薪邪褕芯谐芯 卸懈褌褌褟 鈥� 薪械 写褍卸械 谢褞斜懈褌褜 鈥溞垦€邪胁懈谢褜薪懈褏 谢褞写械泄鈥�. 孝褍褌 褨 胁懈薪懈泻邪褦 锌懈褌邪薪薪褟 泻芯薪褎芯褉屑褨蟹屑褍, 泻芯屑锌褉芯屑褨褋褨胁 蟹 褋芯胁褨褋褌褞, 谐褉懈 锌芯 锌械胁薪懈褏 薪械锌懈褋邪薪懈屑 锌褉邪胁懈谢邪屑 鈥� 蟹胁褨褋薪芯, 褟泻褖芯 褌懈 褏芯褔械褕 蟹邪谢懈褕懈褌懈褋褜 胁 褑褜芯屑褍 褔芯胁薪褨 褨 泻芯屑褎芯褉褌薪芯 褋械斜械 胁 薪褜芯屑褍 锌芯褔褍胁邪褌懈. 效懈 胁锌芯褉邪褦褌褜褋褟 袝薪写褉褞 蟹 褑懈屑 薪邪褌懈褋泻芯屑? 效懈 蟹褉邪写懈褌褜 褋芯斜褨 褨 褋胁芯褩屑 褨写械邪谢邪屑? 携泻 斜褍写械 写褨褟褌懈 褌芯写褨, 泻芯谢懈 屑芯褉邪谢褜薪懈泄 泻芯屑锌邪褋 蟹屑褍褕械薪懈泄 斜褍写械 蟹斜懈褌懈褋褜?
袣谢邪褋懈褔薪邪 褨褋褌芯褉褨褟 蟹 褉芯蟹泻褉懈褌褌褟屑 泻谢邪褋懈褔薪懈褏 锌褉芯斜谢械屑. 袚邪褉薪芯, 褋褌懈谢褜薪芯, 屑芯屑械薪褌邪屑懈 谐谢懈斜芯泻芯, 屑芯屑械薪褌邪屑懈 锌芯胁械褉褏薪械胁芯, 邪谢械 褌芯褔薪芯 薪械 斜械蟹 斜邪泄写褍卸芯褋褌褨. 孝邪泻 褔懈 褨薪邪泻褕械 胁 谐芯谢芯胁薪懈褏 锌械褉褋芯薪邪卸邪褏 写械褋褜 胁锌褨蟹薪邪褦褌械 褋械斜械. 袩械胁薪芯, 褨褋褌芯褉褨褟 屑芯谐谢邪 斜懈 斜褍褌懈 屑械薪褕芯褞, 斜芯 写械褋褜 锌褉械胁邪谢褞胁邪谢邪 褌械屑邪 褉芯蟹写褍屑褨胁 锌褉芯 屑械写懈褑懈薪褍 褨 褋褍褌芯 锌褉芯褎械褋褨泄薪懈褏 褉芯蟹屑芯胁 (褑械 薪邪谐邪写邪谢芯 鈥溞炑佈傂把傂狙囆叫感� 写褨邪谐薪芯蟹鈥� 袗褉褌褍褉邪 袚械泄谢褨), 褨 褋褌邪胁邪谢芯 褌褉褨褕泻懈 褋泻褍褔薪芯, 邪谢械 褑褨谢褨褋薪械 胁褉邪卸械薪薪褟 鈥� 褏芯褉芯褕械.
效褍胁, 褖芯 褑械 薪械 薪邪泄褋懈谢褜薪褨褕懈泄 褌械泻褋褌 袣褉芯薪褨薪邪, 褌芯屑褍 蟹 褔邪褋芯屑 褋锌褉芯斜褍褞 褖械 褖芯褋褜 锌芯褔懈褌邪褌懈. 袗 锌芯泻懈 鈥� 蟹邪写芯胁芯谢械薪懈泄, 褏芯褉芯褕邪, 胁懈褌褉懈屑邪薪邪, 械谢械谐邪薪褌薪邪 褌邪 械屑芯褑褨泄薪邪 褨褋褌芯褉褨褟 鈥溠佈傂把€芯褩 蟹邪泻邪谢泻懈鈥�.
些械 斜褨谢褜褕械 胁褨写谐褍泻褨胁 褌邪 芯泻芯谢芯谢褨褌械褉邪褌褍褉薪芯谐芯 褕褍泻邪泄褌械 胁 屑芯褦屑褍 泻薪懈卸泻芯胁芯屑褍 斜谢芯蟹褨 胁
May 3, 2019
The Citadel won the National Book Award for Novels in 1937. It was written by A.J. Cronin
The dialogue in this semi-autobiographical story about a talented young Welsh doctor was quite good. The cases and threads were also convincing. The doctor, Andrew, and his wife, Christine, were both likable characters.
The problem that I had with the book is that the prose is very choppy and not always a pleasure to read. The death of a major character does not garner more than three pages in the book. In the same vein, there are many medical cases that occur, mostly accidents, so it reads like a series of vignettes without a lot of drama.
3.5 stars. The story and writing style is dated. It probably garners an additional half star when comparing to other books written in the 1930鈥檚.
The dialogue in this semi-autobiographical story about a talented young Welsh doctor was quite good. The cases and threads were also convincing. The doctor, Andrew, and his wife, Christine, were both likable characters.
The problem that I had with the book is that the prose is very choppy and not always a pleasure to read. The death of a major character does not garner more than three pages in the book. In the same vein, there are many medical cases that occur, mostly accidents, so it reads like a series of vignettes without a lot of drama.
3.5 stars. The story and writing style is dated. It probably garners an additional half star when comparing to other books written in the 1930鈥檚.
November 4, 2021
Que eu sou um f茫 de livros com tem谩tica de medicina, isso j谩 deixei bem claro por aqui! Por isso, foi com muita expectativa que comecei a ler A cidadela, em que s茫o narradas as condi莽玫es de trabalho de um jovem m茅dico rec茅m-formado no in铆cio do s茅culo XX. Al茅m disso, em nossa conversa para o @dariaumlivropodcast, o livro havia sido indicado por Ant么nio Fagundes como um dos seus favoritos.
O protagonista da hist贸ria, Dr. Andrew Manson, inicia sua carreira em uma pequena aldeia do Pa铆s de Gales. Por n茫o ter tido muita experi锚ncia com pacientes, conseguimos acompanhar a inseguran莽a de um jovem com a enorme responsabilidade de lidar com a vida dos moradores de Drineffy. Por茅m, sempre buscando enxergar o seu paciente como um ser complexo, indo al茅m da simples an谩lise dos seus sintomas f铆sicos, Dr. Manson come莽a a chamar a aten莽茫o na regi茫o em que atende.
Apesar de o in铆cio da leitura ter me prendido bastante a aten莽茫o, confesso que o desenvolvimento do meio da narrativa ficou um pouco lento. Tive a sensa莽茫o de que a rotina do Dr. Manson teria ficado mon贸tona, sem grandes acontecimentos.
Por sua vez, consegui retomar o ritmo no ter莽o final da obra. Depois que se muda para Londres e come莽a a adentrar no c铆rculo social dos pacientes ricos e importantes, o personagem passa a esbarrar em quest玫es 茅ticas interessantes. Foi como se o m茅dico t茫o interessado no bem-estar do paciente passasse a ser corrompido por uma sociedade que vive pelo dinheiro e pelo poder. H谩 um crescente conflito interno entre sucesso profissional e os objetivos 茅ticos da t茫o venerada profiss茫o dos m茅dicos鈥� Temas que, na minha vis茫o, ainda devem existir para quem vive nesse meio. Tamb茅m 茅 interessante ver como as quest玫es profissionais acabam irradiando para o lado pessoal e familiar do protagonista.
Mesmo com esse ritmo mais lento no desenvolvimento da obra, a experi锚ncia da leitura foi bem prazerosa. Recomendo bastante a leitura para quem se interessa pelo tema e para quem gosta de romances que retratam a sociedade do in铆cio do s茅culo passado!
Nota 8,5/10
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O protagonista da hist贸ria, Dr. Andrew Manson, inicia sua carreira em uma pequena aldeia do Pa铆s de Gales. Por n茫o ter tido muita experi锚ncia com pacientes, conseguimos acompanhar a inseguran莽a de um jovem com a enorme responsabilidade de lidar com a vida dos moradores de Drineffy. Por茅m, sempre buscando enxergar o seu paciente como um ser complexo, indo al茅m da simples an谩lise dos seus sintomas f铆sicos, Dr. Manson come莽a a chamar a aten莽茫o na regi茫o em que atende.
Apesar de o in铆cio da leitura ter me prendido bastante a aten莽茫o, confesso que o desenvolvimento do meio da narrativa ficou um pouco lento. Tive a sensa莽茫o de que a rotina do Dr. Manson teria ficado mon贸tona, sem grandes acontecimentos.
Por sua vez, consegui retomar o ritmo no ter莽o final da obra. Depois que se muda para Londres e come莽a a adentrar no c铆rculo social dos pacientes ricos e importantes, o personagem passa a esbarrar em quest玫es 茅ticas interessantes. Foi como se o m茅dico t茫o interessado no bem-estar do paciente passasse a ser corrompido por uma sociedade que vive pelo dinheiro e pelo poder. H谩 um crescente conflito interno entre sucesso profissional e os objetivos 茅ticos da t茫o venerada profiss茫o dos m茅dicos鈥� Temas que, na minha vis茫o, ainda devem existir para quem vive nesse meio. Tamb茅m 茅 interessante ver como as quest玫es profissionais acabam irradiando para o lado pessoal e familiar do protagonista.
Mesmo com esse ritmo mais lento no desenvolvimento da obra, a experi锚ncia da leitura foi bem prazerosa. Recomendo bastante a leitura para quem se interessa pelo tema e para quem gosta de romances que retratam a sociedade do in铆cio do s茅culo passado!
Nota 8,5/10
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January 17, 2011
This book was written in 1937. It is about an idealistic young doctor who starts off poor and has a great heart for the poor and the sick. He marries a wonderful young teacher named Christine and they are very happy, not having much materially, but rich in love and plans for the future. They begin their life in the mining town of Wales, where he begins research involving the men with breathing problems due to their exposure to the dust in the underground mines.
They eventually move to London. He slowly begins to see that there is a great deal of money to be made by tending to the rich and pampering them with pills and potions and attention. He loses his high standards and begins the downward slope. Christine is not happy with the change and their once idyllic relationship begins to fall apart. He's not the man she married.
It is the story of falling and then getting back up again. Wonderfully told, sometimes wordy, with great characters and lots of in and outs. I loved it!
They eventually move to London. He slowly begins to see that there is a great deal of money to be made by tending to the rich and pampering them with pills and potions and attention. He loses his high standards and begins the downward slope. Christine is not happy with the change and their once idyllic relationship begins to fall apart. He's not the man she married.
It is the story of falling and then getting back up again. Wonderfully told, sometimes wordy, with great characters and lots of in and outs. I loved it!
September 4, 2015
Wonderful. I picked this up for $1 at a used book store. I didn't recognize the title or the author but figured, what do I have to lose, it's only a buck, right?
Once I started reading, it all came back to me. I read this twenty years ago and in my mind I lumped it with Francis Brett Young's "Dr. Bradley Remembers" which is another great book, high on the list for a re-read, and very similar in style and subject matter to "Citadel".
You know a good book when twenty years later you still know all the characters, the plot, the finale, and it remains a five star read.
Simply put, this is the story of a doctor's assistant who gets an appointment in Wales to help an MD in a mining village. However, when he arrives, he finds that the MD has been incapacitated from a stroke and he must carry on without him. From there, he starts specializing in diseases of the lungs, gets his MD licence, works his way up the corporal ladder and very nearly sells his soul in his quest to "be someone".听
Everything about this is excellent. The characters, the plot, the dialog; I really couldn't change a thing. Just an all over great read.
CONTENT:
Sex: None shown
PROFANITY: Very mild. D's
VIOLENCE: None. Some surgical procedures, a mine accident, traffic accident. Nothing graphic.
PARANORMAL ELEMENTS: None
Once I started reading, it all came back to me. I read this twenty years ago and in my mind I lumped it with Francis Brett Young's "Dr. Bradley Remembers" which is another great book, high on the list for a re-read, and very similar in style and subject matter to "Citadel".
You know a good book when twenty years later you still know all the characters, the plot, the finale, and it remains a five star read.
Simply put, this is the story of a doctor's assistant who gets an appointment in Wales to help an MD in a mining village. However, when he arrives, he finds that the MD has been incapacitated from a stroke and he must carry on without him. From there, he starts specializing in diseases of the lungs, gets his MD licence, works his way up the corporal ladder and very nearly sells his soul in his quest to "be someone".听
Everything about this is excellent. The characters, the plot, the dialog; I really couldn't change a thing. Just an all over great read.
CONTENT:
Sex: None shown
PROFANITY: Very mild. D's
VIOLENCE: None. Some surgical procedures, a mine accident, traffic accident. Nothing graphic.
PARANORMAL ELEMENTS: None
May 24, 2011
Instead of telling you what the story is like, I'd rather tell you what I felt like when reading it.
My heart intertwined with the main character's heart in a firm grasp, Cronin made the character come alive for me - I felt each little bit of happiness, stressfulness and sadness in those droplets of ink. The main character's personality growth was astounding.
I recommend this book especially to everyone considering a career as a doctor.
My heart intertwined with the main character's heart in a firm grasp, Cronin made the character come alive for me - I felt each little bit of happiness, stressfulness and sadness in those droplets of ink. The main character's personality growth was astounding.
I recommend this book especially to everyone considering a career as a doctor.
July 19, 2015
This is the story of a young country doctor life and how he struggled to become a successful doctor in a big city.
Andrew Manson, a young Scotsman man, started his professional life in the mines of Wales where he worked in a tough condition by paying part of his salary to a senior and reputed local doctor. He dedicated part of his life studying lung diseases which was the primary disease found in most of the local miners.
In order to improve his career, he moves to London with his wife - a school teacher. There he pursuit to become a prestigious doctor by submitting to a board examination. This fact will bring a lot of prestige, money and all kind of human ambition.
However, the death of a patient will roll his life upside down, making him to revise his moral obligations against his family, friends and to the society as well.
By telling this magnificent story, the author built a great fiction masterpiece. That鈥檚 why he is considered with great justice as one most great writers of the 20th century fiction.
Several other books have this kind of storyline but in different scenarios and covering different heath issues, such as:
The Spanish Gardener by A.J. Cronin, see my review here.
The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham, see my review here.
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham, see my review here.
A non-fiction book is worth mentioning here:
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, see my review here.
And another book that should not be forgotten is The Physician by Noah Gordon, which is already in my TBR list for quite some time already.
4* The Spanish Gardener
3* Lady with Carnations
5* The Citadel
TR Hatter鈥檚 Castle
TR The Keys of the Kingdom
TR The Stars Look Down
TR The Green Years
Andrew Manson, a young Scotsman man, started his professional life in the mines of Wales where he worked in a tough condition by paying part of his salary to a senior and reputed local doctor. He dedicated part of his life studying lung diseases which was the primary disease found in most of the local miners.
In order to improve his career, he moves to London with his wife - a school teacher. There he pursuit to become a prestigious doctor by submitting to a board examination. This fact will bring a lot of prestige, money and all kind of human ambition.
However, the death of a patient will roll his life upside down, making him to revise his moral obligations against his family, friends and to the society as well.
By telling this magnificent story, the author built a great fiction masterpiece. That鈥檚 why he is considered with great justice as one most great writers of the 20th century fiction.
Several other books have this kind of storyline but in different scenarios and covering different heath issues, such as:
The Spanish Gardener by A.J. Cronin, see my review here.
The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham, see my review here.
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham, see my review here.
A non-fiction book is worth mentioning here:
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, see my review here.
And another book that should not be forgotten is The Physician by Noah Gordon, which is already in my TBR list for quite some time already.
4* The Spanish Gardener
3* Lady with Carnations
5* The Citadel
TR Hatter鈥檚 Castle
TR The Keys of the Kingdom
TR The Stars Look Down
TR The Green Years
February 1, 2023
"If we go on trying to make out that everything's wrong outside the profession and everything is right within, it means the death of scientific progress."
First published in 1937 and set during the interwar years 'The Citadel' shines a light on the medical establishment in Britain at the time through the eyes of a young newly qualified Scottish doctor. Andrew Manson, takes up his first clinical post as an assistant to a GP in a small Welsh mining community where disease and poverty is rife, sanitation poor and operations are performed on kitchen tables before moving as his career progresses to the fashionable, greedy world of London with its private clinics, hypochondriac patients and rich awards. Manson arrives with a bagful of enthusiasm and idealism but soon comes face to face with the realism of his chosen profession.
Archibald Joseph Cronin was born in Cardross, Dunbartonshire, in 1896, and was destined either for the Church or medicine: he chose medicine. Cronin trained in various hospitals in Scotland, Dublin and South Wales. He was appointed as a Medical Inspector of Mines and reported on coal-dust inhalation and lung disease before subsequently moving to London and private practice. This novel is therefore semi-autobiographical in nature as he draws on his professional career as a background.
The novel has two specific areas of emphasis. Firstly, the work of the doctor in a poor community and how his work is transformed when he moves to a city and private practice. Secondly the competence, or incompetence, of doctors and their need to keep their skills up to date. Manson is often critical of the quality of other doctors' work.
In the small Welsh mining village, the men, as miners, can change doctors through a company insurance scheme whenever they wish, their choices often based on the doctor's own popularity rather than his ability. Manson is outspoken and critical of the way in which the service is funded which lands him in trouble.
But the climax comes when Manson is asked to treat the daughter of an old friend who has tuberculosis. Manson has her admitted to an established London hospital but when the treatment provided there shows no signs of benefit he recommends a new therapy. His senior disagrees and Manson removes his young patient to a newly built hospital with an un-medically qualified boss. However, despite the success of the treatment and his patient's subsequent discharge, when Manson鈥檚 London colleagues hear about this he is referred to the General Medical Council (GMC) to be investigated with the potential outcome of him being struck off the Medical Register.
In many respects this novel is a creature of its time. Cronin identified many of the issues in clinical practice which needed to be tackled , including better supervision of young doctors, postgraduate education programmes and the novel's popularity along with the cinematic portrayal helped towards the establishment of the NHS a decade or so later. However, some of the issues, in particular affordability, are still relevant today.
This isn't perhaps great literature. Manson despite his revolutionary zeal isn't always a particularly likeable character, he is often, selfish, arrogant and uncaring, but Cronin still manages to present an interesting and entertaining story. I am always interested in novels that feature social history and this book had the power to change public attitudes and behaviour towards health as well as professional thinking and for that reason alone deserves to be more widely read today.
First published in 1937 and set during the interwar years 'The Citadel' shines a light on the medical establishment in Britain at the time through the eyes of a young newly qualified Scottish doctor. Andrew Manson, takes up his first clinical post as an assistant to a GP in a small Welsh mining community where disease and poverty is rife, sanitation poor and operations are performed on kitchen tables before moving as his career progresses to the fashionable, greedy world of London with its private clinics, hypochondriac patients and rich awards. Manson arrives with a bagful of enthusiasm and idealism but soon comes face to face with the realism of his chosen profession.
Archibald Joseph Cronin was born in Cardross, Dunbartonshire, in 1896, and was destined either for the Church or medicine: he chose medicine. Cronin trained in various hospitals in Scotland, Dublin and South Wales. He was appointed as a Medical Inspector of Mines and reported on coal-dust inhalation and lung disease before subsequently moving to London and private practice. This novel is therefore semi-autobiographical in nature as he draws on his professional career as a background.
The novel has two specific areas of emphasis. Firstly, the work of the doctor in a poor community and how his work is transformed when he moves to a city and private practice. Secondly the competence, or incompetence, of doctors and their need to keep their skills up to date. Manson is often critical of the quality of other doctors' work.
In the small Welsh mining village, the men, as miners, can change doctors through a company insurance scheme whenever they wish, their choices often based on the doctor's own popularity rather than his ability. Manson is outspoken and critical of the way in which the service is funded which lands him in trouble.
But the climax comes when Manson is asked to treat the daughter of an old friend who has tuberculosis. Manson has her admitted to an established London hospital but when the treatment provided there shows no signs of benefit he recommends a new therapy. His senior disagrees and Manson removes his young patient to a newly built hospital with an un-medically qualified boss. However, despite the success of the treatment and his patient's subsequent discharge, when Manson鈥檚 London colleagues hear about this he is referred to the General Medical Council (GMC) to be investigated with the potential outcome of him being struck off the Medical Register.
In many respects this novel is a creature of its time. Cronin identified many of the issues in clinical practice which needed to be tackled , including better supervision of young doctors, postgraduate education programmes and the novel's popularity along with the cinematic portrayal helped towards the establishment of the NHS a decade or so later. However, some of the issues, in particular affordability, are still relevant today.
This isn't perhaps great literature. Manson despite his revolutionary zeal isn't always a particularly likeable character, he is often, selfish, arrogant and uncaring, but Cronin still manages to present an interesting and entertaining story. I am always interested in novels that feature social history and this book had the power to change public attitudes and behaviour towards health as well as professional thinking and for that reason alone deserves to be more widely read today.
June 30, 2020
A great novel. While it traces the career and challenges of a young doctor this story could easily be about almost any young person's choices in most any career. A book that should be read by every young person just starting out.
August 8, 2020
Dup膬 absolvirea facult膬葲ii de medicin膬, t芒n膬rul 葯i ambi葲iosul Andrew Manson vine s膬 lucreze 卯n calitate de medic asistent 卯ntr-o mic膬 localitate minier膬 de la sudul 葲膬rii galilor. Plin de ne卯ncredere 卯n for葲ele proprii, aici descoper膬 diferen葲a dintre teorie 葯i practic膬. 脦ncepe s膬 lege prietenii durabile 卯n timp (Denny - in chirurg extraordinar) 葯i se 卯ndr膬goste葯te. 脦ns膬 fiind nedrept膬葲it, alege un viitor nesigur 卯n alt膬 parte, dec芒t s膬 l芒ncezeasc膬 in acela葯i loc, aliment芒ndu-葯i nemul葲umirea. 脦葯i schimb膬 adesea locul de trai 葯i postul de lucru, fiind 卯n continu膬 dezvoltare. Sus葲ine examene, avanseaz膬 卯n titlu, devine bogat. 脦ns膬 descoper膬 lacune 卯n sistemul medical. G膬se葯te medici pentru care banii sunt mai importan葲i dec芒t pacien葲ii. 脦nt芒lne葯te medici cu titlu 葯i f膬r膬 abilit膬葲i practice, dar 葯i oameni care profeseaz膬 excelent medicina f膬r膬 a de葲ine titlu de medic.
Andrew constituie pesonajul complex (nici prea bun, nici prea r膬u; uneori blajin, alteori arogant); un medic 卯n devenire, apoi unul care tinde spre perfec葲iune, reforme, implic芒ndu-se 卯n proiecte 葯tiin葲ifice, av芒nd curajul s膬 declare nefolositoare medicamentele 葯i metodele de diagnostic utilizate pe vremuri 葯i aplic芒nd 卯n practic膬 (destul de reu葯it) altele noi. 脦n carte sunt descrise at芒t de bine sentimentele unui medic la fiecare etap膬 a procesului de avansare 葯i declin!
Mi-a pl膬cut devotamentul lui Christine. O femeie spiritual膬, so葲ia perfect膬, dedicat膬 卯n 卯ntregime so葲ului, scopul lui devenind 葯i scopul ei.
E o carte despre medicin膬 葯i c膬ile ei deloc u葯oare, despre deontologia medical膬, despre colegialitate, grij膬, devotament.
De葯i publicat膬 acum 83 de ani, cartea continu膬 s膬 fie dureros de actual膬.
馃┖ "Dac膬 persist膬m, 卯ncerc芒nd doar s膬 dovedim c膬 toate merg de minune 卯n meseria noastr膬, 葯i c膬, 卯n afar膬 de meseria noastr膬, nu mai exist膬 nimic bun - atunci, 卯ntr-adev膬r, aceasta 卯nseamn膬 moartea progresului 葯tiin葲ific."
馃┖ "La drept vorbind suntem statici. Nu ne g芒ndim niciodat膬 la progres, la faptul c膬 facem unele lucruri, dar 卯n realitate nu facem nimic. De ani de zile, ne v膬ic膬rim, 卯nfier芒nd condi葲iile mizerabile 卯n care lucreaz膬 infirmierele noastre, salariile de foame pe care le primesc. 葮i am f膬cut ceva? Ele continu膬 s膬 fie exploatate, 葯i sunt pl膬tite 葯i azi 卯n acela葯i fel."
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Andrew constituie pesonajul complex (nici prea bun, nici prea r膬u; uneori blajin, alteori arogant); un medic 卯n devenire, apoi unul care tinde spre perfec葲iune, reforme, implic芒ndu-se 卯n proiecte 葯tiin葲ifice, av芒nd curajul s膬 declare nefolositoare medicamentele 葯i metodele de diagnostic utilizate pe vremuri 葯i aplic芒nd 卯n practic膬 (destul de reu葯it) altele noi. 脦n carte sunt descrise at芒t de bine sentimentele unui medic la fiecare etap膬 a procesului de avansare 葯i declin!
Mi-a pl膬cut devotamentul lui Christine. O femeie spiritual膬, so葲ia perfect膬, dedicat膬 卯n 卯ntregime so葲ului, scopul lui devenind 葯i scopul ei.
E o carte despre medicin膬 葯i c膬ile ei deloc u葯oare, despre deontologia medical膬, despre colegialitate, grij膬, devotament.
De葯i publicat膬 acum 83 de ani, cartea continu膬 s膬 fie dureros de actual膬.
馃┖ "Dac膬 persist膬m, 卯ncerc芒nd doar s膬 dovedim c膬 toate merg de minune 卯n meseria noastr膬, 葯i c膬, 卯n afar膬 de meseria noastr膬, nu mai exist膬 nimic bun - atunci, 卯ntr-adev膬r, aceasta 卯nseamn膬 moartea progresului 葯tiin葲ific."
馃┖ "La drept vorbind suntem statici. Nu ne g芒ndim niciodat膬 la progres, la faptul c膬 facem unele lucruri, dar 卯n realitate nu facem nimic. De ani de zile, ne v膬ic膬rim, 卯nfier芒nd condi葲iile mizerabile 卯n care lucreaz膬 infirmierele noastre, salariile de foame pe care le primesc. 葮i am f膬cut ceva? Ele continu膬 s膬 fie exploatate, 葯i sunt pl膬tite 葯i azi 卯n acela葯i fel."
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September 19, 2011
袗褉褔懈斜褗谢写 袣褉芯薪懈薪 褉邪蟹泻邪蟹胁邪 谢械泻邪褉褋泻邪 锌褉懈泻邪蟹泻邪 胁 "笑懈褌邪写械谢邪褌邪":
袨褖械 薪邪 7-8-褌邪 褋褌褉邪薪懈褑邪 褋械 褍褋械褌懈褏, 褔械 褋褗屑 褔械谢 褌邪蟹懈 泻薪懈谐邪, 薪芯 泻芯谐邪 懈 写芯 写薪械褋 薪械 屑芯谐邪 写邪 褋懈 褋锌芯屑薪褟. 袙褗锌褉械泻懈 褌芯胁邪 懈屑邪褏 褍褋械褖邪薪械褌芯, 褔械 褋褗屑 褟 褏邪褉械褋邪谢 懈 蟹邪褌芯胁邪 褋懈 褟 写芯褔械褌芯褏 褔懈薪薪芯.
袙 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 褋械 褉邪蟹泻邪蟹胁邪 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟褌邪 薪邪 写-褉 袗薪写褉褞 袦械薪褋褗薪, 屑谢邪写 懈 锌械褉褋锌械泻褌懈胁械薪 谢械泻邪褉. 孝芯泄 蟹邪锌芯褔胁邪 褉邪斜芯褌邪 胁 屑邪谢泻芯 屑懈薪褜芯褉褋泻芯 谐褉邪写褔械, 泻邪褌芯 斜褗褉蟹芯 锌械褔械谢懈 褍胁邪卸械薪懈械 褋 芯褌写邪写械薪芯褋褌褌邪 褋懈 薪邪 锌褉芯褎械褋懈褟褌邪. 效褉械蟹 薪械谐芯胁邪褌邪 褍褋褌邪 袣褉芯薪懈薪 褟褉芯褋褌薪芯 泻褉懈褌懈泻褍胁邪 谢械泻邪褉褋泻邪褌邪 褋懈褋褌械屑邪, 泻芯褟褌芯 械 褌褉芯屑邪胁邪 懈 薪械械褎懈泻邪褋薪邪, 泻芯褉褍屑锌懈褉邪薪邪 懈 斜械蟹薪邪写械卸写薪芯 薪械锌褉芯褎械褋懈芯薪邪谢薪邪 胁 泻邪褋褌芯胁邪褌邪 褋懈 蟹邪泻褗褉薪褟谢芯褋褌. (袧懈褖芯 薪械 褋械 械 锌褉芯屑械薪懈谢芯 胁 薪邪褕懈 写薪懈, 蟹邪写褗谢卸懈褌械谢薪芯 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 谐谢械写邪褌械 懈蟹褍屑懈褌械谢薪懈褟 褎懈谢屑 薪邪 袦邪泄泻褗谢 袦褍褍褉 "Sicko"!)
袨褖械 薪邪 7-8-褌邪 褋褌褉邪薪懈褑邪 褋械 褍褋械褌懈褏, 褔械 褋褗屑 褔械谢 褌邪蟹懈 泻薪懈谐邪, 薪芯 泻芯谐邪 懈 写芯 写薪械褋 薪械 屑芯谐邪 写邪 褋懈 褋锌芯屑薪褟. 袙褗锌褉械泻懈 褌芯胁邪 懈屑邪褏 褍褋械褖邪薪械褌芯, 褔械 褋褗屑 褟 褏邪褉械褋邪谢 懈 蟹邪褌芯胁邪 褋懈 褟 写芯褔械褌芯褏 褔懈薪薪芯.
袙 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 褋械 褉邪蟹泻邪蟹胁邪 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟褌邪 薪邪 写-褉 袗薪写褉褞 袦械薪褋褗薪, 屑谢邪写 懈 锌械褉褋锌械泻褌懈胁械薪 谢械泻邪褉. 孝芯泄 蟹邪锌芯褔胁邪 褉邪斜芯褌邪 胁 屑邪谢泻芯 屑懈薪褜芯褉褋泻芯 谐褉邪写褔械, 泻邪褌芯 斜褗褉蟹芯 锌械褔械谢懈 褍胁邪卸械薪懈械 褋 芯褌写邪写械薪芯褋褌褌邪 褋懈 薪邪 锌褉芯褎械褋懈褟褌邪. 效褉械蟹 薪械谐芯胁邪褌邪 褍褋褌邪 袣褉芯薪懈薪 褟褉芯褋褌薪芯 泻褉懈褌懈泻褍胁邪 谢械泻邪褉褋泻邪褌邪 褋懈褋褌械屑邪, 泻芯褟褌芯 械 褌褉芯屑邪胁邪 懈 薪械械褎懈泻邪褋薪邪, 泻芯褉褍屑锌懈褉邪薪邪 懈 斜械蟹薪邪写械卸写薪芯 薪械锌褉芯褎械褋懈芯薪邪谢薪邪 胁 泻邪褋褌芯胁邪褌邪 褋懈 蟹邪泻褗褉薪褟谢芯褋褌. (袧懈褖芯 薪械 褋械 械 锌褉芯屑械薪懈谢芯 胁 薪邪褕懈 写薪懈, 蟹邪写褗谢卸懈褌械谢薪芯 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 谐谢械写邪褌械 懈蟹褍屑懈褌械谢薪懈褟 褎懈谢屑 薪邪 袦邪泄泻褗谢 袦褍褍褉 "Sicko"!)
April 9, 2024
"You won't find it conform to the best traditions of romantic practice. There's no hospital, no ambulance, no X-rays, no anything. If you want to operate, you use the kitchen table. In a dry summer, the kids die like flies with infantile cholera."
These are the prospects of our protagonist, newly-qualified Dr Andrew Manson, as he arrives in 1924 in the fictitious Welsh mining town of Drineffy, as an assistant to an elderly Doctor Paige. Eager to improve the lives of his patients, who were mainly coal miners, Manson researches lung disease, silicosis in particular to great success, even receiving the prestigious MRCP (Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom).
But this is indeed nothing short of a horror story - a horror story about medical ethics. Or lack thereof.
I give extra points to Cronin for mentioning the whistling pneumothorax, with its treatment of collapsing an affected lung with nitrogen that was not universally accepted at the time - I am partial to this medical titbit as a part of Mann's .
I give triple extra points to Cronin for working on the correlation between coal dust inhalation and lung disease for , which provided the novel free health care services to the locals and for his book being credited as instrumental in the creation of the UK's National Health Service.
Cronin once stated in an interview, "I have written in The Citadel all I feel about the medical profession, its injustices, its hide-bound unscientific stubbornness, its humbug ... The horrors and inequities detailed in the story I have personally witnessed. This is not an attack against individuals, but against a system."
The NHS was one of the first universal health care systems established anywhere in the world. A decade after Cronin writes his book that even affects the British government, a leaflet (see ) was sent to every household in June 1948 which explained that:
"It will provide you with all medical, dental and nursing care. Everyone 鈥� rich or poor, man, woman or child 鈥� can use it or any part of it. There are no charges, except for a few special items. There are no insurance qualifications. But it is not a 鈥渃harity鈥�. You are all paying for it, mainly as tax payers, and it will relieve your money worries in time of illness."
鈥斺€奀entral Office of Information, for the Ministry of Health
These are the prospects of our protagonist, newly-qualified Dr Andrew Manson, as he arrives in 1924 in the fictitious Welsh mining town of Drineffy, as an assistant to an elderly Doctor Paige. Eager to improve the lives of his patients, who were mainly coal miners, Manson researches lung disease, silicosis in particular to great success, even receiving the prestigious MRCP (Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom).
But this is indeed nothing short of a horror story - a horror story about medical ethics. Or lack thereof.
I give extra points to Cronin for mentioning the whistling pneumothorax, with its treatment of collapsing an affected lung with nitrogen that was not universally accepted at the time - I am partial to this medical titbit as a part of Mann's .
I give triple extra points to Cronin for working on the correlation between coal dust inhalation and lung disease for , which provided the novel free health care services to the locals and for his book being credited as instrumental in the creation of the UK's National Health Service.
Cronin once stated in an interview, "I have written in The Citadel all I feel about the medical profession, its injustices, its hide-bound unscientific stubbornness, its humbug ... The horrors and inequities detailed in the story I have personally witnessed. This is not an attack against individuals, but against a system."
The NHS was one of the first universal health care systems established anywhere in the world. A decade after Cronin writes his book that even affects the British government, a leaflet (see ) was sent to every household in June 1948 which explained that:
"It will provide you with all medical, dental and nursing care. Everyone 鈥� rich or poor, man, woman or child 鈥� can use it or any part of it. There are no charges, except for a few special items. There are no insurance qualifications. But it is not a 鈥渃harity鈥�. You are all paying for it, mainly as tax payers, and it will relieve your money worries in time of illness."
鈥斺€奀entral Office of Information, for the Ministry of Health
September 14, 2024
袝写懈薪 泻谢邪褋懈褔械褋泻懈 褉芯屑邪薪 锌芯泻邪蟹胁邪褖 锌邪褑懈械薪褌懈褌械, 胁褗蟹锌褉懈械屑邪薪懈 泻邪褌芯 褋褉械写褋褌胁芯 蟹邪 褎懈薪邪薪褋芯胁懈 芯斜谢邪谐懈 胁 谢械泻邪褉褋泻懈褌械 褋褉械写懈, 芯褖械 锌褉械写懈 胁械泻. 袦薪芯谐芯 屑邪泄褋褌芯褉褋泻懈 袣褉芯薪懈薪 锌褉械褋褗蟹写邪胁邪 锌褉芯褎械褋懈芯薪邪谢薪懈褟 锌褗褌 薪邪 谢械泻邪褉褟, 芯褌 薪邪褔懈薪邪械褖 褋褌邪卸邪薪褌 写芯 蟹邪胁械卸写邪褖 褋芯斜褋褌胁械薪邪 泻谢懈薪懈泻邪, 褋斜谢褗褋泻胁邪泄泻懈 褋械 褋 薪械褋谐芯写懈褌械 薪邪 锌褉芯褏芯卸写邪褖邪褌邪 屑械写懈褑懈薪邪 锌芯 芯薪芯胁邪 胁褉械屑械, 薪械泄薪懈褟 胁褗蟹褏芯写, 褌褉褍写薪芯褋褌懈, 屑芯褉邪谢薪懈 写懈谢械屑懈, 褔芯胁械褕泻懈 锌褉芯褌懈胁芯褉械褔懈褟. 袧邪 屑芯屑械薪褌懈 屑邪谢泻芯 褋泻褍褔械薪, 蟹邪褉邪写懈 谢械泻邪褉褋泻邪褌邪 褌械褉屑懈薪芯谢芯谐懈褟, 薪芯 锌芯泻邪蟹胁邪褖 薪懈 邪谢褔薪芯褋褌褌邪 薪邪 褔芯胁械褕泻邪褌邪 写褍褕邪, 薪械蟹邪胁懈褋懈屑芯 芯褌 褋褎械褉邪褌邪 薪邪 锌褉芯褟胁谢械薪懈械.
February 11, 2018
Th脿nh tr矛 l脿 cu峄檆 chi岷縩 gi峄痑 nh峄痭g c谩m d峄� v峄� ti峄乶 b岷, danh v峄峮g v峄沬 m峄檛 b锚n l脿 th脿nh tr矛 c峄 l瓢啤ng t芒m v脿 膽岷 膽峄ヽ con ng瓢峄漣. Li峄噓 c贸 bao nhi锚u th脿nh tr矛 c贸 th峄� tr峄� v峄痭g?
C峄憈 truy峄噉 hay, t矛nh ti岷縯 h岷 d岷玭. Th峄眂 s峄� 岷 t瓢峄g v峄沬 b峄憂 nh芒n v岷璽 ch铆nh Andrew, Denny, Hope v脿 Christine. 膼芒y th岷璽 s峄� l脿 m峄檛 cu峄憂 s谩ch hay v峄� ngh峄� y.
P/s: S谩ch th瓢 vi峄噉 tuy c农 啤i l脿 c农 nh瓢ng l岷 c贸 m峄檛 m霉i th啤m ri锚ng, c岷 gi谩c n贸 h啤i ng峄峵 ng峄峵. ;3
C峄憈 truy峄噉 hay, t矛nh ti岷縯 h岷 d岷玭. Th峄眂 s峄� 岷 t瓢峄g v峄沬 b峄憂 nh芒n v岷璽 ch铆nh Andrew, Denny, Hope v脿 Christine. 膼芒y th岷璽 s峄� l脿 m峄檛 cu峄憂 s谩ch hay v峄� ngh峄� y.
P/s: S谩ch th瓢 vi峄噉 tuy c农 啤i l脿 c农 nh瓢ng l岷 c贸 m峄檛 m霉i th啤m ri锚ng, c岷 gi谩c n贸 h啤i ng峄峵 ng峄峵. ;3
November 26, 2024
泻谢邪褋懈褔薪懈泄 写胁芯斜褨泄 谢褞写懈薪懈 蟹 褋懈褋褌械屑芯褞 褨 褌邪泻 褋邪屑芯 蟹薪邪泄芯屑邪 泻芯卸薪芯屑褍 斜懈褌胁邪 谢械谐泻懈褏 谐褉芯褕械泄 锌褉芯褌懈 胁谢邪褋薪懈褏 锌褉懈薪褑懈锌褨胁.
December 30, 2014
Back in the day when I was a kid in hostel... The principal reason I treasured going back home for the holidays was to pounce on the mostly untouched private library of a crazy uncle. The books he owned, although withered with the passage of time, were absolute treasures to possess. The Citadel was one of those books.
My mother is a doctor and somehow this book - and it's subsequent movie adaptation - had stayed with her all her life since she'd been first introduced to it. Therefore it came highly recommended. Hence there was no hesitation as to what one was to do upon finding it in the library of aforementioned crazy uncle.
Considering the fact that it was written in 1937, it has a message that will perhaps be relevant as long as we have doctors to help us maintain good health and a long life. Dr. Manson is a character that many a good doctor might empathize with and his trajectory through the novel is as human as such portrayals go. In fact this book should be compulsory reading for anyone truly aspiring to fill in the big shoes of the men who are next only to God in the eyes of society.
My mother is a doctor and somehow this book - and it's subsequent movie adaptation - had stayed with her all her life since she'd been first introduced to it. Therefore it came highly recommended. Hence there was no hesitation as to what one was to do upon finding it in the library of aforementioned crazy uncle.
Considering the fact that it was written in 1937, it has a message that will perhaps be relevant as long as we have doctors to help us maintain good health and a long life. Dr. Manson is a character that many a good doctor might empathize with and his trajectory through the novel is as human as such portrayals go. In fact this book should be compulsory reading for anyone truly aspiring to fill in the big shoes of the men who are next only to God in the eyes of society.
July 14, 2009
This is the third time I have read this book and enjoy it more each time. Cronin is a master at character development and a pleasure to read. This book illustrates clearly the Thomas S. Monson quote, "Decisions determine destiny." Yet, the author's confidence in the basic goodness of most people leaves both the characters and the reader with hope and not despair.
October 29, 2011
賲賳 兀乇賵毓..兀賮囟賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱鬲賶 賯乇兀鬲賴丕
鬲兀爻乇賰 賮賱丕 鬲爻鬲胤賷毓 兀賳 鬲鬲乇賰賴丕 丨鬲賶 鬲賳賴賷賴丕
賯氐丞 丕賱氐乇丕毓 亘賷賳 丕賱兀賳丕賳賷丞...賵丕賱賲孬賱 丕賱毓賱賷丕
乇賵丕賷丞 鬲鬲乇賰 賮賷 賳賮爻 賯丕乇卅賴丕 兀孬乇丕 亘丕賯賷丕 賱丕賷賲賰賳
兀賳 賷賲丨賶 賵爻乇 噩賲丕賱賴丕 賮賷 丕賱毓賲賯 丕賱匕賷 兀爻鬲胤丕毓
丕賱賲丐賱賮 兀賳 賷氐賱 丕賱賷賴 賮賷 乇爻賲 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴丕 賵鬲丨賱賷賱
賲卮丕毓乇賴賲 賵丕賱鬲爻賱爻賱 亘賴匕賴 丕賱賲卮丕毓乇 賵亘丕賱兀丨丿丕孬
賳賮爻賴丕 ,鬲爻賱爻賱丕 賲賳胤賯賷丕 賵丕賯毓賷丕..賴丕丿卅丕 賵毓賳賷賮丕
賮賷 丕賱賵賯鬲 賳賮爻賴..丨鬲賶 鬲亘賱睾 匕乇賵丞 乇賵毓鬲賴丕 賵賯賲丞
噩賲丕賱賴丕 賮賷 賮氐賵賱賴丕 丕賱兀禺賷乇丞.
鬲兀爻乇賰 賮賱丕 鬲爻鬲胤賷毓 兀賳 鬲鬲乇賰賴丕 丨鬲賶 鬲賳賴賷賴丕
賯氐丞 丕賱氐乇丕毓 亘賷賳 丕賱兀賳丕賳賷丞...賵丕賱賲孬賱 丕賱毓賱賷丕
乇賵丕賷丞 鬲鬲乇賰 賮賷 賳賮爻 賯丕乇卅賴丕 兀孬乇丕 亘丕賯賷丕 賱丕賷賲賰賳
兀賳 賷賲丨賶 賵爻乇 噩賲丕賱賴丕 賮賷 丕賱毓賲賯 丕賱匕賷 兀爻鬲胤丕毓
丕賱賲丐賱賮 兀賳 賷氐賱 丕賱賷賴 賮賷 乇爻賲 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴丕 賵鬲丨賱賷賱
賲卮丕毓乇賴賲 賵丕賱鬲爻賱爻賱 亘賴匕賴 丕賱賲卮丕毓乇 賵亘丕賱兀丨丿丕孬
賳賮爻賴丕 ,鬲爻賱爻賱丕 賲賳胤賯賷丕 賵丕賯毓賷丕..賴丕丿卅丕 賵毓賳賷賮丕
賮賷 丕賱賵賯鬲 賳賮爻賴..丨鬲賶 鬲亘賱睾 匕乇賵丞 乇賵毓鬲賴丕 賵賯賲丞
噩賲丕賱賴丕 賮賷 賮氐賵賱賴丕 丕賱兀禺賷乇丞.
July 13, 2020
Meraviglioso, trama semplice non banale... Un piccolo grande gioiello di vita vera
September 30, 2024
**笑懈褌邪写械谢邪褌邪**, 袗褉褔懈斜邪谢写 袣褉芯薪懈薪, 懈蟹写. 肖袗袦袗, 锌褉械胁芯写 袙谢邪写懈屑懈褉 袗胁褉邪屑芯胁.
袧械 屑芯谐邪 写邪 芯褌褉械泻邪, 褔械 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 屑械 锌芯写褌懈泻薪邪 泻褗屑 褉邪蟹屑懈褋谢懈 芯褌薪芯褋薪芯 褋谢械写薪懈褌械 褌械屑懈: 褋褗褖械褋褌胁褍胁邪 谢懈 薪械褖芯 泻邪褌芯 斜械蟹褋屑褗褉褌薪邪 锌褉芯蟹邪, 褌褉褟斜胁邪 谢懈 写邪 芯褑械薪褟胁邪屑械 褌胁芯褉斜懈褌械 胁 褌械褏薪懈褟 懈褋褌芯褉懈褔械褋泻懈 泻芯薪褌械泻褋褌 懈 褋谢械写胁邪 谢懈 写邪 褋褗屑 "锌芯-褌芯谢械褉邪薪褌薪邪" 泻褗屑 薪褟泻芯懈 泻薪懈谐懈 蟹邪褉邪写懈 谐芯写懈薪邪褌邪 薪邪 薪邪锌懈褋胁邪薪械. 袨褌谐芯胁芯褉懈褌械 写芯泄写芯褏邪 斜褗褉蟹芯, 芯褋芯斜械薪芯 写芯泻邪褌芯 褔械褌褟褏 袛邪薪褌械 锌邪褉邪谢械谢薪芯 褋 袣褉芯薪懈薪. 袧芯 胁褗蟹屑芯卸薪芯 谢懈 械 泻薪懈谐邪, 锌懈褋邪薪邪 锌褉械写懈 写械褋械褌懈谢械褌懈褟 懈谢懈 胁械泻芯胁械, 写邪 斜褗写械 褉械谢械胁邪薪褌薪邪 薪邪 锌褉芯斜谢械屑懈褌械 薪邪 薪邪褕械褌芯 胁褉械屑械? 袙械褉芯褟褌薪芯. 袙褋械 锌邪泻 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 锌芯写褔械褉褌邪褟, 褔械 械 薪械芯斜褏芯写懈屑邪 褋懈谢薪邪 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟 懈 写芯斜褉械 懈蟹谐褉邪写械薪懈 锌械褉褋芯薪邪卸懈 (泻谢懈褕械, 蟹薪邪屑, 薪芯 褌芯胁邪 械 谢懈褔薪芯褌芯 屑懈 褉邪蟹斜懈褉邪薪械), 泻芯懈褌芯 写邪 薪芯褋褟褌 褋胁芯褟褌邪 懈薪写懈胁懈写褍邪谢薪芯褋褌.
鈥炐π秆傂靶葱敌恍把傂扳€� 械 褉芯屑邪薪, 胁 泻芯泄褌芯 械 胁懈写薪芯, 褔械 邪胁褌芯褉褗褌 械 懈褋泻邪谢 写邪 芯褌锌褉邪胁懈 锌芯褋谢邪薪懈械 鈥� 褔械 斜褉懈褌邪薪褋泻邪褌邪 屑械写懈褑懈薪褋泻邪 褋懈褋褌械屑邪 锌芯 褌芯胁邪 胁褉械屑械 褋锌械褕薪芯 褋械 薪褍卸写邪械谢邪 芯褌 褉械褎芯褉屑邪. 孝褟 斜懈谢邪 蟹邪褌胁芯褉械薪邪 褋懈褋褌械屑邪, 褋褗褋褌芯褟褖邪 褋械 芯褌 械谐芯懈褋褌懈褔薪懈, 蟹谢械 芯斜褉邪蟹芯胁邪薪懈 懈 薪械锌褉懈褋锌芯褋芯斜懈屑懈 泻褗屑 锌褉芯屑械薪懈褌械 褕邪褉谢邪褌邪薪懈. 袙褋褗褖薪芯褋褌, 锌芯 芯薪芯胁邪 胁褉械屑械 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 褋械 芯泻邪蟹胁邪 薪芯胁邪褌芯褉褋泻芯 锌褉芯懈蟹胁械写械薪懈械, 泻芯械褌芯 蟹薪邪褔懈褌械谢薪芯 胁谢懈褟械 胁褗褉褏褍 褋褗蟹写邪胁邪薪械褌芯 薪邪 袘褉懈褌邪薪褋泻邪褌邪 薪邪褑懈芯薪邪谢薪邪 蟹写褉邪胁薪邪 褋谢褍卸斜邪 薪褟泻芯谢泻芯 谐芯写懈薪懈 锌芯-泻褗褋薪芯. 袟邪褌芯胁邪 泻邪褌械谐芯褉懈褔薪芯 芯褑械薪褟胁邪屑 褌胁芯褉斜邪褌邪 泻邪褌芯 褋芯褑懈邪谢械薪 懈 锌芯谢懈褌懈褔械褋泻懈 写芯泻褍屑械薪褌.
袧械 屑芯谐邪 芯斜邪褔械 写邪 薪械 芯褌斜械谢械卸邪, 褔械 泻芯谐邪褌芯 邪胁褌芯褉 薪邪 褏褍写芯卸械褋褌胁械薪邪 谢懈褌械褉邪褌褍褉邪 锌芯褋褌邪胁懈 邪泻褑械薪褌 胁褗褉褏褍 褋芯褑懈邪谢薪懈褌械, 屑芯褉邪谢薪懈褌械 懈谢懈 锌芯谢懈褌懈褔械褋泻懈褌械 锌芯褋谢邪薪懈褟, 褉懈褋泻褍胁邪 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 写邪 锌褉懈写芯斜懈械 褎芯褉屑邪 薪邪 褋屑械褋懈褑邪 芯褌 锌褉芯蟹邪, 卸褍褉薪邪谢懈褋褌懈褔械褋泻邪 褋褌邪褌懈褟 懈/懈谢懈 锌芯褍褔懈褌械谢薪邪 褌懈褉邪写邪, 胁 泻芯褟褌芯 谢懈褔薪懈褌械 屑褍 胁褗蟹谐谢械写懈 蟹邪械屑邪褌 褑械薪褌褉邪谢薪芯 屑褟褋褌芯. 袟邪 褋褗卸邪谢械薪懈械, 褌芯胁邪 斜械褕械 屑芯械褌芯 褍褋械褖邪薪械, 写芯泻邪褌芯 褔械褌褟褏 鈥炐π秆傂靶葱敌恍把傂扳€�. 袗薪写褉褞 褔械褋褌芯 蟹胁褍褔械褕械 锌芯胁械褔械 泻邪褌芯 锌褉芯锌芯胁械写薪懈泻 蟹邪 褉械褎芯褉屑懈, 写芯泻邪褌芯 芯褋褌邪薪邪谢邪褌邪 褔邪褋褌 芯褌 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟褌邪 斜械褕械 褋邪屑芯 褎芯薪 蟹邪 薪械谐芯胁懈褌械 谢懈褔薪懈 褉邪蟹斜懈褉邪薪懈褟 (屑邪泻邪褉 写邪 褋褗屑 泻邪褌械谐芯褉懈褔薪芯 褋褗谐谢邪褋薪邪 褋 褌褟褏).
袙 褏褍写芯卸械褋褌胁械薪芯 芯褌薪芯褕械薪懈械 褋屑褟褌邪屑, 褔械 懈屑邪褕械 褍褋锌械褕薪懈 屑芯屑械薪褌懈 鈥� 芯锌懈褋邪薪懈械褌芯 薪邪 褍械谢褋泻懈褟 锌械泄蟹邪卸 懈 卸懈胁芯褌邪 薪邪 褏芯褉邪褌邪, 斜芯褉械褖懈 褋械 褋 褌械卸泻懈褌械 褍褋谢芯胁懈褟 胁 屑懈薪懈褌械, 斜械褕械 胁褗蟹写械泄褋褌胁邪褖芯. 袧芯 芯褌薪芯胁芯, 薪械 屑芯谐邪 写邪 斜褗写邪 褌胁褗褉写械 锌芯蟹懈褌懈胁薪邪, 锌褉械写胁懈写 芯斜械屑邪 薪邪 褉芯屑邪薪邪 懈 泻芯谢泻芯 锌芯胁械褔械 屑芯卸械褕械 写邪 褋械 锌芯褋褌懈谐薪械 胁 褌芯蟹懈 邪褋锌械泻褌. 袠褋褌芯褉懈褟褌邪 蟹邪 卸懈胁芯褌邪 薪邪 械写懈薪 谢械泻邪褉 懈 薪械谐芯胁懈褌械 屑芯褉邪谢薪懈 斜芯褉斜懈 斜械褕械 锌褉懈谢懈褔薪邪, 芯褋芯斜械薪芯 胁 泻芯薪褌械泻褋褌邪 薪邪 械锌芯褏邪褌邪. 袧芯 锌褉芯褋褌芯 薪械 屑芯卸邪褏 写邪 褋懈 蟹邪褌胁芯褉褟 芯褔懈褌械 蟹邪 屑薪芯卸械褋褌胁芯褌芯 薪械写芯褋褌邪褌褗褑懈 胁 褋褞卸械褌邪 懈 谐械褉芯懈褌械.
袧邪 锌褗褉胁芯 屑褟褋褌芯, 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 斜械褕械 锌褉械写褋泻邪蟹褍械屑邪 写芯 斜芯谢泻邪, 邪 褉邪蟹胁懈褌懈械褌芯 薪邪 谐械褉芯懈褌械 斜械褕械 芯锌褉芯褋褌械薪芯 写芯 薪懈胁芯褌芯 薪邪 写械褌褋泻邪 泻薪懈谐邪. 袣褉懈褋褌懈薪, 薪邪锌褉懈屑械褉, 蟹邪 屑械薪 斜械褕械 卸邪谢泻邪 懈 械写薪芯懈蟹屑械褉薪邪, 谢懈褕械薪邪 芯褌 屑薪械薪懈械 懈 懈薪写懈胁懈写褍邪谢薪芯褋褌. 袟邪 褋褗卸邪谢械薪懈械, 袣褉芯薪懈薪 薪褟屑邪 写邪 蟹邪械屑械 屑褟褋褌芯 胁 屑芯褟 谢懈褔械薪 谢懈褌械褉邪褌褍褉械薪 褋胁褟褌 (斜械蟹 写邪 锌褉械褌械薪写懈褉邪屑 蟹邪 邪斜褋芯谢褞褌薪邪 懈褋褌懈薪邪, 褉邪蟹斜懈褉邪 褋械 鈥� 胁褋懈褔泻芯 械 褋褍斜械泻褌懈胁薪芯), 泻邪褌芯 邪胁褌芯褉, 泻芯泄褌芯 械 薪邪写卸懈胁褟谢 胁褉械屑械褌芯 褋懈 懈 蟹邪褋谢褍卸邪胁邪 写邪 斜褗写械 褔械褌械薪 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 谐芯写懈薪懈 锌芯-泻褗褋薪芯 胁 泻芯薪褌械泻褋褌邪 薪邪 谢懈褌械褉邪褌褍褉械薪 褕械写褜芯胁褗褉.
袧械 屑芯谐邪 写邪 芯褌褉械泻邪, 褔械 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 屑械 锌芯写褌懈泻薪邪 泻褗屑 褉邪蟹屑懈褋谢懈 芯褌薪芯褋薪芯 褋谢械写薪懈褌械 褌械屑懈: 褋褗褖械褋褌胁褍胁邪 谢懈 薪械褖芯 泻邪褌芯 斜械蟹褋屑褗褉褌薪邪 锌褉芯蟹邪, 褌褉褟斜胁邪 谢懈 写邪 芯褑械薪褟胁邪屑械 褌胁芯褉斜懈褌械 胁 褌械褏薪懈褟 懈褋褌芯褉懈褔械褋泻懈 泻芯薪褌械泻褋褌 懈 褋谢械写胁邪 谢懈 写邪 褋褗屑 "锌芯-褌芯谢械褉邪薪褌薪邪" 泻褗屑 薪褟泻芯懈 泻薪懈谐懈 蟹邪褉邪写懈 谐芯写懈薪邪褌邪 薪邪 薪邪锌懈褋胁邪薪械. 袨褌谐芯胁芯褉懈褌械 写芯泄写芯褏邪 斜褗褉蟹芯, 芯褋芯斜械薪芯 写芯泻邪褌芯 褔械褌褟褏 袛邪薪褌械 锌邪褉邪谢械谢薪芯 褋 袣褉芯薪懈薪. 袧芯 胁褗蟹屑芯卸薪芯 谢懈 械 泻薪懈谐邪, 锌懈褋邪薪邪 锌褉械写懈 写械褋械褌懈谢械褌懈褟 懈谢懈 胁械泻芯胁械, 写邪 斜褗写械 褉械谢械胁邪薪褌薪邪 薪邪 锌褉芯斜谢械屑懈褌械 薪邪 薪邪褕械褌芯 胁褉械屑械? 袙械褉芯褟褌薪芯. 袙褋械 锌邪泻 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 锌芯写褔械褉褌邪褟, 褔械 械 薪械芯斜褏芯写懈屑邪 褋懈谢薪邪 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟 懈 写芯斜褉械 懈蟹谐褉邪写械薪懈 锌械褉褋芯薪邪卸懈 (泻谢懈褕械, 蟹薪邪屑, 薪芯 褌芯胁邪 械 谢懈褔薪芯褌芯 屑懈 褉邪蟹斜懈褉邪薪械), 泻芯懈褌芯 写邪 薪芯褋褟褌 褋胁芯褟褌邪 懈薪写懈胁懈写褍邪谢薪芯褋褌.
鈥炐π秆傂靶葱敌恍把傂扳€� 械 褉芯屑邪薪, 胁 泻芯泄褌芯 械 胁懈写薪芯, 褔械 邪胁褌芯褉褗褌 械 懈褋泻邪谢 写邪 芯褌锌褉邪胁懈 锌芯褋谢邪薪懈械 鈥� 褔械 斜褉懈褌邪薪褋泻邪褌邪 屑械写懈褑懈薪褋泻邪 褋懈褋褌械屑邪 锌芯 褌芯胁邪 胁褉械屑械 褋锌械褕薪芯 褋械 薪褍卸写邪械谢邪 芯褌 褉械褎芯褉屑邪. 孝褟 斜懈谢邪 蟹邪褌胁芯褉械薪邪 褋懈褋褌械屑邪, 褋褗褋褌芯褟褖邪 褋械 芯褌 械谐芯懈褋褌懈褔薪懈, 蟹谢械 芯斜褉邪蟹芯胁邪薪懈 懈 薪械锌褉懈褋锌芯褋芯斜懈屑懈 泻褗屑 锌褉芯屑械薪懈褌械 褕邪褉谢邪褌邪薪懈. 袙褋褗褖薪芯褋褌, 锌芯 芯薪芯胁邪 胁褉械屑械 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 褋械 芯泻邪蟹胁邪 薪芯胁邪褌芯褉褋泻芯 锌褉芯懈蟹胁械写械薪懈械, 泻芯械褌芯 蟹薪邪褔懈褌械谢薪芯 胁谢懈褟械 胁褗褉褏褍 褋褗蟹写邪胁邪薪械褌芯 薪邪 袘褉懈褌邪薪褋泻邪褌邪 薪邪褑懈芯薪邪谢薪邪 蟹写褉邪胁薪邪 褋谢褍卸斜邪 薪褟泻芯谢泻芯 谐芯写懈薪懈 锌芯-泻褗褋薪芯. 袟邪褌芯胁邪 泻邪褌械谐芯褉懈褔薪芯 芯褑械薪褟胁邪屑 褌胁芯褉斜邪褌邪 泻邪褌芯 褋芯褑懈邪谢械薪 懈 锌芯谢懈褌懈褔械褋泻懈 写芯泻褍屑械薪褌.
袧械 屑芯谐邪 芯斜邪褔械 写邪 薪械 芯褌斜械谢械卸邪, 褔械 泻芯谐邪褌芯 邪胁褌芯褉 薪邪 褏褍写芯卸械褋褌胁械薪邪 谢懈褌械褉邪褌褍褉邪 锌芯褋褌邪胁懈 邪泻褑械薪褌 胁褗褉褏褍 褋芯褑懈邪谢薪懈褌械, 屑芯褉邪谢薪懈褌械 懈谢懈 锌芯谢懈褌懈褔械褋泻懈褌械 锌芯褋谢邪薪懈褟, 褉懈褋泻褍胁邪 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 写邪 锌褉懈写芯斜懈械 褎芯褉屑邪 薪邪 褋屑械褋懈褑邪 芯褌 锌褉芯蟹邪, 卸褍褉薪邪谢懈褋褌懈褔械褋泻邪 褋褌邪褌懈褟 懈/懈谢懈 锌芯褍褔懈褌械谢薪邪 褌懈褉邪写邪, 胁 泻芯褟褌芯 谢懈褔薪懈褌械 屑褍 胁褗蟹谐谢械写懈 蟹邪械屑邪褌 褑械薪褌褉邪谢薪芯 屑褟褋褌芯. 袟邪 褋褗卸邪谢械薪懈械, 褌芯胁邪 斜械褕械 屑芯械褌芯 褍褋械褖邪薪械, 写芯泻邪褌芯 褔械褌褟褏 鈥炐π秆傂靶葱敌恍把傂扳€�. 袗薪写褉褞 褔械褋褌芯 蟹胁褍褔械褕械 锌芯胁械褔械 泻邪褌芯 锌褉芯锌芯胁械写薪懈泻 蟹邪 褉械褎芯褉屑懈, 写芯泻邪褌芯 芯褋褌邪薪邪谢邪褌邪 褔邪褋褌 芯褌 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟褌邪 斜械褕械 褋邪屑芯 褎芯薪 蟹邪 薪械谐芯胁懈褌械 谢懈褔薪懈 褉邪蟹斜懈褉邪薪懈褟 (屑邪泻邪褉 写邪 褋褗屑 泻邪褌械谐芯褉懈褔薪芯 褋褗谐谢邪褋薪邪 褋 褌褟褏).
袙 褏褍写芯卸械褋褌胁械薪芯 芯褌薪芯褕械薪懈械 褋屑褟褌邪屑, 褔械 懈屑邪褕械 褍褋锌械褕薪懈 屑芯屑械薪褌懈 鈥� 芯锌懈褋邪薪懈械褌芯 薪邪 褍械谢褋泻懈褟 锌械泄蟹邪卸 懈 卸懈胁芯褌邪 薪邪 褏芯褉邪褌邪, 斜芯褉械褖懈 褋械 褋 褌械卸泻懈褌械 褍褋谢芯胁懈褟 胁 屑懈薪懈褌械, 斜械褕械 胁褗蟹写械泄褋褌胁邪褖芯. 袧芯 芯褌薪芯胁芯, 薪械 屑芯谐邪 写邪 斜褗写邪 褌胁褗褉写械 锌芯蟹懈褌懈胁薪邪, 锌褉械写胁懈写 芯斜械屑邪 薪邪 褉芯屑邪薪邪 懈 泻芯谢泻芯 锌芯胁械褔械 屑芯卸械褕械 写邪 褋械 锌芯褋褌懈谐薪械 胁 褌芯蟹懈 邪褋锌械泻褌. 袠褋褌芯褉懈褟褌邪 蟹邪 卸懈胁芯褌邪 薪邪 械写懈薪 谢械泻邪褉 懈 薪械谐芯胁懈褌械 屑芯褉邪谢薪懈 斜芯褉斜懈 斜械褕械 锌褉懈谢懈褔薪邪, 芯褋芯斜械薪芯 胁 泻芯薪褌械泻褋褌邪 薪邪 械锌芯褏邪褌邪. 袧芯 锌褉芯褋褌芯 薪械 屑芯卸邪褏 写邪 褋懈 蟹邪褌胁芯褉褟 芯褔懈褌械 蟹邪 屑薪芯卸械褋褌胁芯褌芯 薪械写芯褋褌邪褌褗褑懈 胁 褋褞卸械褌邪 懈 谐械褉芯懈褌械.
袧邪 锌褗褉胁芯 屑褟褋褌芯, 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 斜械褕械 锌褉械写褋泻邪蟹褍械屑邪 写芯 斜芯谢泻邪, 邪 褉邪蟹胁懈褌懈械褌芯 薪邪 谐械褉芯懈褌械 斜械褕械 芯锌褉芯褋褌械薪芯 写芯 薪懈胁芯褌芯 薪邪 写械褌褋泻邪 泻薪懈谐邪. 袣褉懈褋褌懈薪, 薪邪锌褉懈屑械褉, 蟹邪 屑械薪 斜械褕械 卸邪谢泻邪 懈 械写薪芯懈蟹屑械褉薪邪, 谢懈褕械薪邪 芯褌 屑薪械薪懈械 懈 懈薪写懈胁懈写褍邪谢薪芯褋褌. 袟邪 褋褗卸邪谢械薪懈械, 袣褉芯薪懈薪 薪褟屑邪 写邪 蟹邪械屑械 屑褟褋褌芯 胁 屑芯褟 谢懈褔械薪 谢懈褌械褉邪褌褍褉械薪 褋胁褟褌 (斜械蟹 写邪 锌褉械褌械薪写懈褉邪屑 蟹邪 邪斜褋芯谢褞褌薪邪 懈褋褌懈薪邪, 褉邪蟹斜懈褉邪 褋械 鈥� 胁褋懈褔泻芯 械 褋褍斜械泻褌懈胁薪芯), 泻邪褌芯 邪胁褌芯褉, 泻芯泄褌芯 械 薪邪写卸懈胁褟谢 胁褉械屑械褌芯 褋懈 懈 蟹邪褋谢褍卸邪胁邪 写邪 斜褗写械 褔械褌械薪 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 谐芯写懈薪懈 锌芯-泻褗褋薪芯 胁 泻芯薪褌械泻褋褌邪 薪邪 谢懈褌械褉邪褌褍褉械薪 褕械写褜芯胁褗褉.
April 8, 2023
Whenever a novelist sets out to send a social or moral or political message, he/she risks publishing a piece of journalism (or, heaven forbid, a diatribe) and the novel burdened with carrying the message is likely to suffer for it. The protagonist may sound like a pitchman, a preacher or an investigative journalist, in which case the underlying story becomes mere window dressing. The works of many novelists of our day, especially those whose themes focus on the environment, economics, race relations, political conflict, poverty, the illicit drug trade etc. suffer from this syndrome.
鈥淏ut hold on!鈥� you say. 鈥淗ow can a novel succeed without being relevant to the issues of our day?鈥� I concede the point; I only wish to emphasize the need to provide a strong STORY that stands on its own as a form of (at least to some degree) entertainment and artistic expression. Writers such as Wendell Berry, Richard Powers and many others always have 鈥渁n axe to grind鈥�; but in so doing, they also manage to be impressively entertaining. It鈥檚 a matter of balance.
All of which leads me to point out that 鈥淭he Citadel鈥� is a novel that was very consciously intended to make a point, namely that the British medical system of Cronin鈥檚 day was badly in need of reform. It was a closed shop of self-seeking, poorly educated, change-averse charlatans. Indeed, the book turned out to be a ground-breaking publication that significantly influenced the creation of the British National Health a few years later. Accordingly, it must be judged in terms of its success in that sphere, as a social and political document as much as on its merit as a novel.
As a novel, it deserves mixed reviews: In its description (and indeed celebration) of the Welsh landscape and its people, eking out a hard living in the mines, it succeeds admirably. As the story of a doctor鈥檚 life and especially of his moral struggles, it does reasonably well. As a period piece, it is true to its historical setting in the 1920s and 30s. But there are numerous flaws, especially in the flat predictability of its story line and in its surprisingly uneven character development; the doctor鈥檚 wife Christine could easily have emerged as a brilliantly inspiring and tragic figure but Cronin makes her pathetic and one-dimensional. A lost opportunity.
This is in essence a morality tale and in that guise it stands up very well, even when read from today鈥檚 perspective.
I have not seen the film based on this book but I expect it would fare very well in the hands of a great director who could make the characters shine. Not quite 4 stars.
鈥淏ut hold on!鈥� you say. 鈥淗ow can a novel succeed without being relevant to the issues of our day?鈥� I concede the point; I only wish to emphasize the need to provide a strong STORY that stands on its own as a form of (at least to some degree) entertainment and artistic expression. Writers such as Wendell Berry, Richard Powers and many others always have 鈥渁n axe to grind鈥�; but in so doing, they also manage to be impressively entertaining. It鈥檚 a matter of balance.
All of which leads me to point out that 鈥淭he Citadel鈥� is a novel that was very consciously intended to make a point, namely that the British medical system of Cronin鈥檚 day was badly in need of reform. It was a closed shop of self-seeking, poorly educated, change-averse charlatans. Indeed, the book turned out to be a ground-breaking publication that significantly influenced the creation of the British National Health a few years later. Accordingly, it must be judged in terms of its success in that sphere, as a social and political document as much as on its merit as a novel.
As a novel, it deserves mixed reviews: In its description (and indeed celebration) of the Welsh landscape and its people, eking out a hard living in the mines, it succeeds admirably. As the story of a doctor鈥檚 life and especially of his moral struggles, it does reasonably well. As a period piece, it is true to its historical setting in the 1920s and 30s. But there are numerous flaws, especially in the flat predictability of its story line and in its surprisingly uneven character development; the doctor鈥檚 wife Christine could easily have emerged as a brilliantly inspiring and tragic figure but Cronin makes her pathetic and one-dimensional. A lost opportunity.
This is in essence a morality tale and in that guise it stands up very well, even when read from today鈥檚 perspective.
I have not seen the film based on this book but I expect it would fare very well in the hands of a great director who could make the characters shine. Not quite 4 stars.
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