English Journey

Name: English Journey
Brand: Great Northern Books Ltd
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By (author): J. B. Priestley

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. In capturing and describing an English landscape and people hitherto unseen in literature of its kind, he influenced the thinking and attitudes of an entire generation and helped formulate a public consensus for change that led to the formation of the welfare state. Prophetic, profound, humorous and as relevant today as it was nearly 80 years ago, English Journey expresses Priestley's deep love of his native country and teaches us much about the human condition and the nature of Englishness. See more

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Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
Publication Date: 15 Oct 2018
Publisher: Great Northern Books Ltd
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781912101863

About J. B. Priestley

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.