In 1934, JB Priestley published an account of his journey through England from Southampton to the Black Country, to the North East and Newcastle, to Norwich and home.
JB Priestley Libri
John Boynton Priestley fu un autore britannico rinomato per la sua vasta opera che abbraccia una vasta gamma di argomenti. La sua scrittura fu caratterizzata da acute osservazioni sui problemi sociali e da un profondo interesse per la vita della gente comune, spesso trasmesso con una schietta sensibilità dello Yorkshire. Romanziere prolifico, Priestley emerse anche come un celebrato drammaturgo e un influente radiocronista, i cui saggi catturarono magistralmente le sue passioni e la sua padronanza della lingua. Rimase una forza letteraria per tutta la vita, stimolando costantemente la riflessione e lasciando un segno indelebile come un grande artista poliedrico.
The original `well-being' book, republished for it's 70th Anniversary
Cornelius
- 96pagine
- 4 ore di lettura
A play about the Depression in Britain, explores an era that speaks to our times. A forgotten play by one Britain's greatest dramatists.
Inspector Calls, an
- 72pagine
- 3 ore di lettura
The members of an eminently respectable British family reveal their true natures over the course of an evening in which they are subjected to a routine inquiry into the suicide of a young girl.
Time and the Conways
- 90pagine
- 4 ore di lettura
Time and the Conways follows the fortunes of one family over a period of years, and offers a moving perspective on the abstract nature of the past, present and future.It is 1919, the War is over and the Conway family are celebrating their daughter Kay's 21st birthday. But her sudden premonition of their lives in 1937 casts a shadow over their dreams and expectations.
Round About
- 122pagine
- 5 ore di lettura
A quirky satirical comedy from 1954 by one of the twentieth century's most prolific, influential and versatile writers.