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When Robert Merrick's life is saved at the expense of the life of an eccentric but adored surgeon, the carefree playboy is forced to reevaluate his own path. Merrick embarks on a course of anonymous philanthropy, inspired by reading the doctor's private papers. An engaging and dramatic story... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Bobby Merrick: Add a description of this character.
- Joyce
- Carter
- Helen Hudson
- Nancy
- Doctor Pyle
- Tom Masterson
- Tony
- Doctor Hudson
- Randolph
- Mrs. Ashford
- Nicholas
- Tommy
- Doctor Merrick
- Julie
- Marion Dawson
- Jennings
- T. P.
- Donelli
- Grandpere
- Gordon
- Brightwood
- Watson
- Mcdermott
- Jack
- Maxine
- Wayne Hudson
- Joe
- Mclaren
- Clif
- Arnstadt
- Martha
- Doc Hudson
Quotes edit
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“Once you outgrow the simplicities, you can't recover them or even remember them with any satisfaction. It's not far, you know, from corn pone to plum pudding, but it's a long way back!”
Nicholas Merrick
- Popular Highlights from Kindle Customers
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So--since I believed I was giving it to you outright, I CAN'T take it back now because, in the meantime, I HAVE USED IT ALL UP, MYSELF!'
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First Sentence edit
IT HAD LATELY BECOME COMMON CHATTER AT BRIGHTWOOD Hospital - better known for three hundred miles around Detroit as Hudson's Clinic - that the chief was all but dead on his feet.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 4 of 9 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels in 1933. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Ann Vickers, and followed by One More River.
This is book 8 of 10 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels in 1932. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Mary's Neck, and followed by Inheritance,.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Lloyd C. Douglas (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Willett, Clark & Colby
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1929
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 330
Publisher: Willett, Clark & Colby
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1929
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 330
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.52
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