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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Set in the 1950s, The Northern Light is the provincial newspaper that has been run by the Page family for 200 years. When a large, more modern, and trashy newspaper from London attempts to buy The Northern Light, Henry Page, the family's current patriarch, staunchly refuses to sell in spite of strong opposition. What follows is a struggle for human dignity, upright morality, and the goals that the Page family has aimed for since they started the paper: to make the town and the people in it better. While I spent most of the book thinking that this wasn't one of Cronin's better stories, he won me over by the end. It seemed like the first part was too simple and the last part was too complex. Cronin may have tried to do too much; however, you can't help but feel for Henry and admire his dedication to his morals. I ran into this book by chance and really enjoyed its simplicity and classic storyline. It is an easy, unpretentious story. A newspaper redaction in a small town is taken by surprise by the appearance of a tabloid that shakes up their quiet life. Strong will and good morals win in the end but not without sacrifices. 5687. The Northern Light, by A. J. Cronin (read 16 Apr 2020) This novel was first published in 1958 and Bantam republished it in 1959. I made a note as to it when I read it on 16 Apr 2020, but have not found my note and confess I do not remember the book so I conclude the story did not resonate with me, If I find my memo on the book I will revise this "review". no reviews | add a review
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Excerpt from The Northern Light IT was past eight on St. Mark's church clock that damp February evening when, in the ordinary way, Henry Page said goodnight to Maitland, his chief assistant editor, and came out of the Northern Light Building. The leading article for Monday had kept him later than usual - even with twenty years' experience his composition was not particularly fluent, and that extraordinary call from Vernon Somerville had de layed and distracted him. His wife was using the car and he intended walking home - 1ately Dr. Bard had been urging him towards more exercise of a moderate sort - but now, because of the hour, he decided to take the tram. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. No library descriptions found. |
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Henry Page is the owner of a very successful local newspaper which has been in the family for three generations when suddenly there is interest in buying it. He is adamant that it isn't for sale and so a war starts when the opposition buy another local paper in an effort to close him down. Will people buy the slightly staid paper which they are used to which won't print scandal and gossip or will they go for the new paper which seems to have no such scruples. In the end only one can win but not without cost to all concerned. ( )