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A Thing of Beauty
1956 novel by A. J. Cronin From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A Thing of Beauty is a novel by author A. J. Cronin,[1] 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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