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Author:J. B. Priestley
Benighted
An immersive novel, Benighted easily captures the reader's attention with both psychological insight and dark humor. Forces of nature drive five travelers to a crumbling mansion to wait out a storm. The residents of the mansion are far from welcoming, and their manners are...- $12.95
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Benighted
An immersive novel, Benighted easily captures the reader's attention with both psychological insight and dark humor. Forces of nature drive five travelers to a crumbling mansion to wait out a storm. The residents of the mansion are far from welcoming, and their manners are...- $23.95
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Benighted (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)
A torrential downpour forces Philip and Margaret Waverton and their friend Roger Penderel to seek shelter in an ancient, crumbling mansion inhabited by the strange and sinister Femm family. Determined to make the best of the circumstances, the benighted travellers drink and talk to...- $34.99
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Benighted (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)
A torrential downpour forces Philip and Margaret Waverton and their friend Roger Penderel to seek shelter in an ancient, crumbling mansion inhabited by the strange and sinister Femm family. Determined to make the best of the circumstances, the benighted travellers drink and talk to...- $16.99
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Blackout in Gretley (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)
Humphrey Neyland is a middle-aged Canadian engineer recruited by British Intelligence to go undercover in the industrial city of Gretley, where aircraft essential to the war effort are being produced and where it is feared Nazi agents and saboteurs are lurking. Almost everyone he...- $29.99
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Blackout in Gretley (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)
Humphrey Neyland is a middle-aged Canadian engineer recruited by British Intelligence to go undercover in the industrial city of Gretley, where aircraft essential to the war effort are being produced and where it is feared Nazi agents and saboteurs are lurking. Almost everyone he...- $16.99
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Brief Diversions: Being Tales, Travesties and Epigrams
Brief Diversions: Being Tales, Travesties and Epigrams "", has been considered a very important part of the human history, but is currently not available in printed formats. Hence so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing...- $8.94
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Bright Day (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)
Gregory Dawson, a middle-aged and disillusioned writer, is holed up in a Cornish hotel working on a film script he must finish. A chance encounter with an old acquaintance in the bar sends him back to the England of 1913, when he was just...- $19.99
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Bright Day (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)
Gregory Dawson, a middle-aged and disillusioned writer, is holed up in a Cornish hotel working on a film script he must finish. A chance encounter with an old acquaintance in the bar sends him back to the England of 1913, when he was just...- $34.99
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Dangerous Corner
Robert Caplan and his wife are entertaining her brother and sister-in-law. Because Robert insists on uncovering the truth about his brother Martin's 'suicide', many unpalatable revelations ensue which cause Robert to shoot himself. At this point, the opening scene is repeated, but this time...- $12.95
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Dangerous Corner
At their stylish country retreat, Freda and Robert Caplan host a dinner party for their colleagues and friends, all executives at a transatlantic publishing company. Young, beautiful and successful they have the world at their feet. Then a cigarette box and and an ill-considered...- $14.95
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Delight
Author: J. B. PriestleyISBN-10: 0008585709ISBN-13: 9780008585709Publisher: HarpernorthLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/07/2023Pages: 256Format: PaperbackAbout 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...- $18.99
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English Journey
Author: J. B. PriestleyISBN-10: 0008585679ISBN-13: 9780008585679Publisher: HarpernorthLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/17/2023Pages: 384Format: PaperbackAbout 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...- $18.99
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George Meredith
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyoneAuthor: J. B. PriestleyISBN-10: 1162991992ISBN-13: 9781162991993Publisher: Kessinger PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/10/2010Pages: 222Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.67lbsSize: 6.00h x 9.02w x 0.47d- $19.96
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J.B. Priestley: Plays Three
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 inspires the listeners to react each in their own way, looking inside themselves for their true feelings...- $22.95
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Jenny Villiers
Once passionate about the theatre, playwright Martin Cheveril is now disillusioned and contemplating a change of career. His new play, a bitter and cynical piece, is about to premiere when something strange happens. After stumbling upon an old pamphlet about a talented young actress...- $29.99
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Jenny Villiers
Once passionate about the theatre, playwright Martin Cheveril is now disillusioned and contemplating a change of career. His new play, a bitter and cynical piece, is about to premiere when something strange happens. After stumbling upon an old pamphlet about a talented young actress...- $16.99
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Margin Released: A Writer's Reminiscences And Reflections
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...- $22.36
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Mystery at Greenfingers
A snowstorm traps a group of guests and crew into the Greenfingers Palace Hotel. A detective is sent to the hotel to investigate a top secret crime, but it is Miss Tracey and new hostess who solve everything.6 women, 4 menAuthor: J. B. PriestleyISBN-10:...- $12.95
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Plays One: Laburnum Grove/When We Are Married/MR Kettle and Mrs Moon
Includes the plays Laburnum Grove, When We Are Married and Mr Kettle and Mrs Moon With an introduction by Tom Priestley and a foreword by Roy Hattersley. These three domestic comedies display J B Priestley's talent for the ordinary situation turned sharply on its...- $25.95
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Priestley Plays Four
Two little known Priestley plays, which, while they are quite different, have important features in common. The 31st of June is a comedy set partly in an advertising agency and partly in a medieval castle; Jenny Villiers is a serious play set backstage in...- $26.95
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Priestley: Plays Two
Includes the plays They Came to a City, Summer Day's Dream and The Glass Cage With an introduction by Tom Priestley. All three dramas in this second volume of J B Priestley's plays investigate the question of an individual's responsibility towards his or her...- $21.95
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Salt is Leaving
' A] formidable exercise, distinguished by Priestley's undiminished gusto for storytelling.' - New York Times Book Review ' A] most satisfactory suspense story. It has the advantage of being different and witty and full of the kind of observation that will delight many.' -...- $16.99
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Saturn Over the Water
'Written with tremendous pace and panache. It sweeps you along in excitement. John Buchan, Ray Bradbury, science fiction or suspense - it is all the same to Mr Priestley. He takes on a dozen writers and shows himself a match for them all.' -...- $17.99
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Summer Day's Dream
I spent more than half my life, when I ought to have been enjoying myself, arguing and planning and running around like a maniac, all to sell a lot of things to people I didn't know, so that I could buy a lot of...- $16.95
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The Doomsday Men
"This is a story in Mr. Priestley's best vein, and he uses all the arts of suspense, all the twists and turns of fate, as well as his own cheerful and kindly reading of the human heart to make it so. It is really...- $16.99
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The Magicians
"Beautifully composed and splendidly written, it has great power and real point ... the command of the contemporary scene is masterly.... One of the best characters that have appeared in fiction for a very long time." - Walter Allen, New Statesman " T]he story...- $16.99
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The Other Place and Other Stories of the Same Sort (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)
J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) was a versatile and prolific novelist and playwright, but in The Other Place (1953) he shows an unexpected talent, proving himself a master of the weird tale. In "The Grey Ones," a man visits a psychiatrist after he becomes convinced...- $16.99
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The Other Place and Other Stories of the Same Sort (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)
J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) was a versatile and prolific novelist and playwright, but in The Other Place (1953) he shows an unexpected talent, proving himself a master of the weird tale. In "The Grey Ones," a man visits a psychiatrist after he becomes convinced...- $29.99
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The Shapes of Sleep
'Splendid . . . this absorbing topical tale . . . has the master stamp . . . in pace, ingenuity, coherence, it is completely assured, and with the special Priestley slant of wry observation.' - Evening Standard 'The Shapes of Sleep is not...- $15.99
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The Thirty-First of June
'Priestley in top form and being very, very funny.' - Simon Fox, Western Mail ' A] glorious fantasy . . . I, for one, immensely enjoyed this romp of a novel.' - R. C. Scriven, Yorkshire Post ' I]n a class by itself ....- $15.99
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They Came To A City
Just before dawn the play's characters - who represent every stratum of society - come to the wall overlooking a strange city whose gate is shut against them. At daybreak they are admitted and towards the end of the day some have found it...- $12.95
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When We Are Married
Author: J. B. PriestleyISBN-10: 0573014760ISBN-13: 9780573014765Publisher: Samuel French LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/1938Pages: 120Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.33lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.25d- $12.95
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When We Are Married
In the heart of Northern England, three respectable couples, married on the same day, at the same church, and by the same vicar, join to celebrate 25 years of blissful matrimony. Or so they think... The happy celebrations are brought to a sudden halt...- $14.95
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