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

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Collection of seventeen stories, mostly crime or fantastic, the latter including "The Leather Funnel," an antiquarian ghost story worthy of M. In this way, Priestley makes his larger point that society is guilty of neglecting and abusing its most vulnerable members.

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The unclipped jacket has light wear to the front panel top edge and spine extremities, and is almost near fine.This is one of the very rare Harper lettered limited editions of which 26 were done for the last three limited titles produced by Harper (i. Under interrogation, every member of the family turns out to have a shameful secret which links them with her death.

An Inspector Calls By J.B Priestley | Used | 9780435232825

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.

This deluxe first edition is LIMITED to 26 individually SIGNED and LETTERED copies ( this being Letter "X"). Into this cosy scene intrudes the harsh figure of a police inspector investigating the suicide of a young working-class woman. 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 area of the Central Valley where fourteen–year–old Lacey May and her alcoholic mother live was once an agricultural paradise.

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A just society, he states through his mysterious Inspector, is one that respects and exercises social responsibility. B. Priestley was born in Bradford in Yorkshire, the setting for many of his stories, and was educated at Cambridge University. Publisher’s lettered limited edition, Near Fine to Fine book with slight edge crease to middle of a couple pages around p.The two, particularly Dannay, were also responsible for co-founding and directing Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, generally considered as one of the most influential English crime fiction magazines of the last sixty-five years. SIGNED and dated 8/5/40 by author with inscription For my good friend Mrs May Hanson with the authors kindest thoughts and very best wishes , on the title page . The Heinemann Plays series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in durable classroom editions. This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use.