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A. G. (Archibald George) Thornton (1886 – 1969) was a British novelist, short story writer and journalist. He authored three popular novels which were noted for their realism and humour. == Life and works == Thornton was born in Secunderabad, India, the son of James Thornton, a physical drill teacher, and Mary Thornton. The family returned to England soon after, and Thornton was raised in Hornsey, Middlesex. In 1911, their residence was 8 Summerhill Road, South Tottenham, London.〔Census 1911〕 He became a well-known journalist after be began writing humorous articles in The Star.〔''The Bookman'', Vols 66-67, Hodder and Stoughton, 1924, p.30〕 He later joined the literary staff of the ''Daily Chronicle''. Between 1920 and 1951, Thornton contributed 27 short stories to ''The Star''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Authors: T )〕 He won the 1923 Andrew Melrose prize for his humorous novel ''An Astronomer at Large''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=T.P.'s and Cassell's Weekly )〕 It tells how a famous astronomer, past middle age, discovers that real life has eluded him in his devotion to his work and sets out to recapture what he has missed. ''The Bookman'' commented: “An Innocent Abroad on Epsom Downs, fun from cover to cover."〔https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://64.62.200.70/PERIODICAL/PDF/Bookman-1924oct/86-89/&chrome=true〕 Thornton also wrote ''John Comes Home'' and ''Summer Sowing'', both published in 1927.〔Frederick Wilse Bateson, ''The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature'', Volume 5, Page cccxciv ()〕 According to ''The Spectator'' ''John Comes Home'': “. . . describes the evolution of a boy who wins his way from humble circumstances to a successful business position. John Presber, the son of a mechanic, is destined by his father for an engineering "hand." But, by dint of pluck. economy and perseverance, his mother gets him into a solicitor's office. John's home and Mrs. Presber's subtle mastery of her husband are well represented, as also are John's early days in the City of twenty years ago, his first flirtations, and his friendships with Victor Godfrey, a gadfly youth who lures him into perils from which he emerges safely at last into the arms of his first true love. The story is spun of homely stuff but deserves attention for its fidelity to life and its humour.〔''(The Spectator'', 29 April, 1927, p. 24 )〕 The same year, his short story "The Second Chance" appeared in ''John O'London's Weekly'' (30 July 1927). In 1960, Thornton published a philosophical-religious work ''The Ultimate You'', in which he countered what he saw as contemporary pessimism by arguing for the centrality of man in the universe. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A.G. Thornton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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