Author: J. B. Priestley

Priestley defined the essay as a 'prose masterpiece in miniature' and understood that to perfect the form, the essayist had to stand 'naked and shi...

Music at Night centres on a group of people attending a musical evening to hear a new work. Each act follows a movement in the music, which inspire...

In 1934, JB Priestley published an account of his journey through England from Southampton to the Black Country, to the North East and Newcastle, t...

The full story in quick modern English for a fast-paced read. A respectable household is shocked when a strange man visits them shortly after dinne...

Disillusioned scriptwriter Gregory Dawson is holed up in a Cornish hotel writing a script he must finish. A chance encounter in the bar sends him b...

Angel Pavement is one of the great London novels. First published in 1930, it is a social panorama of the city of London seen largely through the e...