An Inspector Calls (Heinemann Plays For 14-16+)

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Under interrogation, every member of the family turns out to have a shameful secret which links them with her death. Into this cosy scene intrudes the harsh figure of a police inspector investigating the suicide of a young working-class woman, every member of the family turns out to have a shameful secret which links them with her death. The play is a three-act drama, which takes place on a single night in 1912, focusing on the prosperous middle-class Birling family, who live in a comfortable home in Brumley, "an industrial city in the north Midlands". The area of the Central Valley where fourteen–year–old Lacey May and her alcoholic mother live was once an agricultural paradise.

An Inspector Calls Hardcover - 1993 - Biblio

The "Heinemann Plays" series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in durable classroom editions. Arthur Birling, a prosperous manufacturer, is holding a family dinner party to celebrate his daughter’s engagement. B. Priestley was born in Bradford in Yorkshire, the setting for many of his stories, and was educated at Cambridge University.

John Boynton Priestley he gained a degree from Cambridge University after fighting in the infantry in World War I. No secret as to the cause of death--a nearly nude, twelve-story plunge from a room in the Plaza Hotel--but Kara is determined to learn what led to that plunge. In this play an inspector interrupts a party to investigate a girl's suicide, and implicates each of the party-makers in her death. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there? ed ("1" in number line) - SIGNED by author on the title page - "Godshot is the kind of book you find yourself thinking about incessantly.

An Inspector Calls: (Heinemann Plays For 14-16+) by J

Publisher’s lettered limited edition, Near Fine to Fine book with slight edge crease to middle of a couple pages around p. Octavo (8" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter greeen cloth with gilt lettering to spine over black boards with faux signature in gilt in original pictorial jacket. Although he first established a reputation with critical writings such as The English Comic Characters (1925), The English Novel (1927), and English Humor (1928), it is for his novels and plays that he is best known.Riddell, John THE JOHN RIDDELL MURDER CASE: A PHILO VANCE PARODY NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930 "A" first printing 323pp "Sporting Offer" seal neatly opened illus Miguel Covarrubias 8vo slight offsetting front epage, else fine bright copy in near fine d/w. Colonel Anthony Gethryn must prove a man innocent of a murder he's been convicted for in only 5 days.

An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley | Waterstones An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley | Waterstones

A poor condition book can still make a good reading copy but is generally not collectible unless the item is very scarce. This deluxe first edition is LIMITED to 26 individually SIGNED and LETTERED copies ( this being Letter "X").Castaigne, original pictorial red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, bottom edge untrimmed. Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality. Philosophical theories about time, Socialist dogmatism (often erupting into sermons), and a taste for dramatic expressionism may be said to have finally deflected him from his goal.

AN INSPECTOR CALLS - Pearson AN INSPECTOR CALLS - Pearson

Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. Kristen Arnett - book: near fine - dj: near fine - dj in protective mylar sleeve"Drought has settled on the town of Peaches, California. In this way, Priestley makes his larger point that society is guilty of neglecting and abusing its most vulnerable members. London: Macmillan, 1985 First printing of the first British edition, preceding the American edition by 13 years. The book, in black boards with orange lettering and design to the spine, is an unblemished near fine copy.MacDonald was a great practitioner of the mystery-suspense genre; his books remain readable, even if his characters are nowhere near as enlightened as we tend to be today. David Calder, Frances Barber, Morvern Christie, Sam Alexander, Geoffrey Streatfeild, Vineeta Rishi complete the cast, offering a powerful new take on one of the 20th century’s most thought-provoking plays.