Called by some the last "sage" of English literature, J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) had a career which spanned more than 60 years and included authoring novels, essays, plays, and screenplays.John Boynt...
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Biography EssayBorn in the wool-merchandising city of Bradford, Yorkshire, John Boynton Priestley is the author of more than fourscore works. These include literary criticism, novels, plays, collected...
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J.B. Priestley was already a successful novelist when he turned to drama in 1931. With thirty-two plays produced by 1950, he dominated the West End as the most visible transitional figure between Ge...
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Born in the wool-merchandizing city of Bradford, Yorkshire, John Boynton Priestley is the author of more than four score works. These include literary criticism, novels, plays, collected short stories...
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Few English writers have produced as many books as J.B. Priestley , and probably none of the writers who could match him volume for volume have written in so many forms. Priestley wrote more than a h...
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J. B. Priestley's writing career spanned more than seventy years and covered many genres. After war service and Cambridge he became a prolific literary journalist, throughout the 1920s collecting his ...
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J. B. Priestley , who demonstrated mastery of several literary genres, was an English man of letters who preferred to be thought of as a professional writer practicing a time-honored craft. Assessing ...
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J. B. Priestley
J(ohn) B(oynton) Priestley