J. B. Priestley
Priestley was a Yorkshire writer of immense popular reach whose The Good Companions and Angel Pavement brought him the largest readership of any British novelist of the 1930s. His social conscience and love of England made him a national institution.
Works
- The Good CompanionsNovel of entertainers on tour discovering community and purpose
- Angel PavementNovel of London office workers facing economic hardship
- Bright DayNovel revisiting youth through memory and wartime experience
- Lost EmpiresNovel of music hall entertainers and theatrical dreams
- BenightedGothic novel of travelers stranded in a mysterious house