The Keys of The Kingdom

The Keys of the Kingdom is a 1941 novel by A. J. Cronin. Spanning six decades, it tells the story of Father Francis Chisholm, an unconventional Scottish Catholic priest who struggles to establish a mission in China. Beset by tragedy in his youth, as a missionary Chisholm endures many years of hardship, punctuated by famine, plague and war in the Chinese province to which he is assigned. Through a life guided by compassion and tolerance, Chisholm earns the respect of the Chinese—and of fellow clergy who would mistrust him—with his kindly, high-minded and courageous ways. The book was made into a 1944 film starring Gregory Peck as Father Francis Chisholm, a role which earned him his first Oscar nomination.

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Works by A. J. Cronin
Novels
  • Hatter's Castle
  • Three Loves
  • Grand Canary
  • The Stars Look Down
  • The Citadel
  • The Keys of the Kingdom
  • The Green Years
  • Shannon's Way
  • The Spanish Gardener
  • Beyond This Place
  • A Thing of Beauty/Crusader's Tomb
  • The Northern Light
  • The Native Doctor/An Apple in Eden
  • The Judas Tree
  • A Song of Sixpence
  • A Pocketful of Rye
  • The Minstrel Boy/Desmonde
  • Lady with Carnations
  • Gracie Lindsay
Selected short stories
& story collections
  • Kaleidoscope in "K"
  • Country Doctor
  • Vigil in the Night
  • The Valorous Years
  • Adventures of a Black Bag
  • The Innkeeper's Wife
  • Further Adventures of a Black Bag
  • Doctor Finlay of Tannochbrae
Play
  • Jupiter Laughs
Autobiography
  • Adventures in Two Worlds
UK/US film adaptations
  • Once to Every Woman
  • Grand Canary
  • The Citadel
  • Vigil in the Night
  • The Stars Look Down
  • Shining Victory
  • Hatter's Castle
  • The Keys of the Kingdom
  • The Green Years
  • The Spanish Gardener
  • Web of Evidence
Television adaptations
  • Escape From Fear
  • Beyond This Place
  • Nicholas
  • The Citadel (1960 American)
  • The Citadel (1960 British)
  • Dr. Finlay's Casebook
  • The Ordeal of Dr. Shannon
  • Memorandum van een dokter
  • La Cittadella (1964)
  • Novi asistent
  • O Jardineiro Espanhol
  • E le stelle stanno a guardare
  • The Stars Look Down
  • Les Années d'illusion
  • The Citadel (1983)
  • Doctor Finlay
  • La Cittadella (2003)


Famous quotes containing the word keys:

    “Thou hast the keys of Paradise, O just, subtle, and mighty opium!”
    —Thomas De Quincey (1785–1859)