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  <title><![CDATA[The Citadel]]></title>
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  <default_description>This thrilling novel of a doctor's life has been the subject of a Mobil Masterpiece Theatre dramatic series on PBS. &quot;Cronin's distinguished achievement. . . . No one could have written as fine, honest, and moving a study of a young doctor as &quot;The Citadel&quot; without possessing great literary taste and skill&quot;.--&quot;The Atlantic Monthly&quot;.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1939</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[A.J. Cronin]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Aug 12 13:52:39 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 12 14:12:35 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a very thought provoking and engaging read about a poor young man who starts of in medicine, learning a lot by on the job training in early 1920's Wales. It is both a love story, a life story and a story about ethics and morality. The reader is steered to what is right, but the characters ar...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67122724">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="23050223">
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  <date_added>Tue May 27 10:10:26 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[How a poor child longs to become a Dr. with the desire to help the poor and less fortunate.  He achieves his goal and becomes a renowned Dr. in Wales eventually being asked to take up a practice in London and then onto Harley Street.  Once in London he becomed enamoured with the glamourous life of H...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23050223">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Feb 24 19:09:06 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Apr 09 23:55:05 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is about a young Scottish doctor, Andrew Manson, who grew up poor and went to school on scholarship who begins his career in the year 1921 in a small village in South Wales. The story tells of his struggles as a young doctor practicing with old doctors who haven't opened a text book since ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47439616">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="58711655">
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  <read_at>Sat Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jun 06 21:05:29 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jun 06 21:11:14 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an outstanding book.  It was a great story and thought provoking.  The book has drama and romance.  It is about an idealistic young doctor who wants to change the world and then gets caught up in his social life in London and making money.  I finished this book last night and I am still thi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58711655">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49227496">
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    <name><![CDATA[Brian]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Wed May 01 00:00:00 -0700 1996</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Mar 14 04:41:50 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Apr 27 11:53:47 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you are in the medical field, this book is likely to stay with you. It is a very inspiring tale of a young man who goes into medicine with the most altruistic of intentions, hones his craft working for the needy, but is lured into a wealthy private practice treating hypochondriac well-to-do patie...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49227496">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63358949">
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    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jul 13 18:07:10 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jul 13 18:11:06 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[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, &quot;Decisions determine destiny.&quot; Yet, the author's confidence in the basic goodness of most ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63358949">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45402844">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1985</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Feb 04 17:16:50 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Feb 04 17:19:44 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my favorite novel of all time. The Citadel is a profound work of social commentary, but is still highly entertaining. The best scene in the book may be when Dr. Manson and Denny blow up the filthy Welsh sewer to save the public health! An extraordinarily elegant, yet readable book, full of s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45402844">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="61199323">
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    <location><![CDATA[Alexandria, VA]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Fri Jun 26 11:45:12 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jun 26 11:46:50 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I checked out from the library because my grandma said she loves it. She didn't exactly recommend it, but she's read it a few times, so I thought I'd try. Maybe I shouldn't have. Not really my kind of book, didn't hold my interest very well, and the main character wasn't as likable as I'd hoped or t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61199323">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="38278847">
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    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Thu Nov 20 20:21:10 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Nov 20 20:23:08 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[THis story is about a doctor who goes from caring about his patients and then caring more about money and position.  There's not a lot of twists and turns in this book, but a slow and steady development of the plot.  Some language included.  I enjoyed AJ Cronins' The Green Years better.]]></body>
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    <review id="49013048">
    <user id="1347358">
    <name><![CDATA[Cindy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Antonio, TX]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Mar 12 04:47:16 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Elaine picked this book for Bookends.  I enjoyed reading about the beginnings of health care in the mining areas of England.  Hard lives, hard minds opening up to kindness, caring and help that could save lives and communities.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49013048]]></url>
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    <review id="52857202">
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    <name><![CDATA[Christina]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Drexel Hill, PA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Apr 15 20:53:51 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Sep 18 21:37:54 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[My mother recommended I read this as my husband finished dental school.  It's the story of a young doctor as he progresses from meager beginnings in poor mining towns through his successful rise (and fall) in high society London.  Although I found the book a bit slow and hard to get into, I do think...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52857202">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45930281">
    <user id="631576">
    <name><![CDATA[Carolyn]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Feb 10 08:37:10 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Feb 14 07:32:49 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I also loved this book. Couldn't put it down. A. J. Cronin's books are very thought provoking, and this one was no exception.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45930281]]></url>
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    <review id="49652275">
    <user id="1012423">
    <name><![CDATA[Stamatia]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Karlovassi, Samos, samos, Greece]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1982</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Mar 18 07:25:49 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Mar 18 07:27:06 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read it for my English exams when I was around 13 It was quite good if memory serves]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49652275]]></url>
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    <review id="72978159">
    <user id="2728014">
    <name><![CDATA[Calliope74]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Athens, 35, Greece]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 1989</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Sep 30 04:48:29 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 30 04:49:25 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one book I'd like to read again. I loved every single page]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72978159]]></url>
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    <review id="69985931">
    <user id="2650779">
    <name><![CDATA[Jdoh318418]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1960</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Sep 03 18:31:30 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 03 18:32:33 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read in HS. possibly the book which confirmed me as a reader. ]]></body>
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    <review id="59128452">
    <user id="2300922">
    <name><![CDATA[Gideon]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Bangalore, 19, India]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Wed Jun 10 06:15:07 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Materialism as opposed to love and honesty.]]></body>
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    <review id="48408083">
    <user id="1947487">
    <name><![CDATA[Sreescanda]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Agoura Hills, CA]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Fri Mar 06 06:50:26 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Any Cronin is great Cronin!]]></body>
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    <review id="61145480">
    <user id="1670029">
    <name><![CDATA[Lisa]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Alexandria, VA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Jun 30 16:55:53 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very well written and absorbing.]]></body>
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    <review id="12865672">
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    <body><![CDATA[I found a bound copy of this book in near tatters at my grandparents home and read it. Ever since I have read and re-read the book over and over again. It makes me laugh and cry and one of my favorite novels. Only when I read Lord of the rings, did I find a book equally fascinating...of course, it i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37671126">more...</a>]]></body>
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