Description
Author: J. B. Priestley
Publisher: Harpernorth
Published: 12/05/2023
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.03h x 5.43w x 0.87d
ISBN13: 9780008585709
ISBN10: 0008585709
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | Essays
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Humor | Form | Essays
About the Author
John Boynton Priestley (1894-1984) was one of the great literary figures of the twentieth century. Pre-eminently a dramatist, novelist and social commentator many of his works have become literary classics, among them The Good Companions, Angel Pavement, An Inspector Calls and Time and the Conways. His plays have been translated and performed all over the world and many have been filmed. During the Second World War his regular Sunday night Postscript radio talks attracted audiences of up to 15 million listeners. It was said that he was as popular and as important as Churchill in shoring up the nation's morale and in offering a vision of a better world to come. He was also a founder member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, a champion of public lending rights and represented the UK at two UNESCO conferences. In literary, social and political terms he was very much the last great man of English letters.