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.
Works by A. J. Cronin
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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
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Selected short stories
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- 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
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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
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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)
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