![]() ![]() ![]() Cronin drew on his experiences as a general practitioner in a small mining town. Cronin's fourth novel, and, with its epic tale of a north country mining family, has always been one of his most popular For this novel A. ![]() The conflicts and tensions are dramatic and moving: David's unselfish battle for his fellow-miners his deadly struggle with the owner of the mine, a cold, sanctimonious man who is directly responsible-in a disaster which is described with unforgettable poignancy-for the death of ten of his workmen David's love for Jenny, the pretty little nonentity who ruthlessly exploits him and the greedy, unscrupulous Joe Gowlan, finally master of them all. who ruin their health to dig the nation's coal and are treated with such inhumanity when they try to better their miserable wages or the appalling conditions in which they work. But David, the youngest, is determined that somehow he will educate himself and work to ameliorate the lives of his comrades. His wife is proud that all her four men go down the mines. Robert Fenwick is a miner, and so are his three sons. ![]()
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