- Shannon's Way
infobox Book |
name = Shannon's Way
bgcolour = silver
author =A. J. Cronin
country = UK
language = English
genre =Novel
publisher = Gollancz UK
Little, Brown USA
release_date = 1948
media_type = Print (Hardback &Paperback )
pages = 313 pp. (US hardback edition)
isbn = 0-450-03313-9"Shannon's Way" is a 1948 novel by Scots author,
A. J. Cronin . It continues the story of Robert Shannon from Cronin's previous novel, "The Green Years " (1944).Plot summary
Robert trains to be a doctor at the fictional Levenford Infirmary (Levenford is loosely based on Glasgow), and falls in love with Jean Law, a young medical student belonging to the
Plymouth Brethren who rejects him when she discovers that he has deceived her about his history and religion (he is a Roman Catholic). He develops an interest in a disease contracted from infected cows' milk, and devotes his spare time to researching it: it turns out to bebrucellosis . Dr. Shannon contracts a nervous breakdown when he completes the project only to find that someone else has anticipated his results, and is nursed by and marries Jean.External links
* [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst;jsessionid=L1bGMRCPx8WGyy0pP4PvxnyXjmhPfVTJpywFZtZqQXDmTTv1th7R!2141464542?a=o&d=3831551 Text of "Shannon's Way"]
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