The Stars Look Down

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.

A Story of Determination and Resilience

Robert Fenwick is a miner, and so are his three sons. His wife is proud that all her four men go down the mines. However, David, the youngest, is determined to break the mold. He aspires to educate himself and work to ameliorate the lives of his comrades, who ruin their health to dig the nation's coal.

A Timeless Tale of Its Era

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. In his time, he wrote several very popular and successful novels.

A Classic in the Tradition of Cronin’s Masterpieces

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.