A Thing of Beauty
1956 novel by A. J. Cronin
A Thing of Beauty is a novel by author A. J. Cronin, initially published in 1956, with the alternate title of Crusader's Tomb. It tells the story of Stephen Desmonde, an English painter who struggles for recognition in a conventional world, sacrificing everything for his passion for art. The title is a reference to John Keats' 1818 poem, Endymion, which begins with "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever."
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Works by A. J. Cronin
- Hatter's Castle
- Three Loves
- Grand Canary
- Woman of the Earth
- Country Doctor
- The Stars Look Down
- The Citadel
- Vigil in the Night
- Enchanted Snow
- The Valorous Years
- The Keys of the Kingdom
- The Green Years
- Shannon's Way
- The Spanish Gardener
- Beyond This Place
- Escape from Fear
- 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
- "Kaleidoscope in "K""
- "The Innkeeper's Wife"
- Jupiter Laughs
- 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
- 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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