Priestley, J. B. (John Boynton) 1894-1984

Overview

Works:	1,686 works in 7,272 publications in 10 languages and 94,185 library holdings
Genres:	Biography Criticism, interpretation, etc Fiction History Biographies Drama Comedy films Autobiographies Detective and mystery plays Pictorial works
Roles:	Author, Editor, Author of screenplay, Producer, Librettist, Author of introduction, Narrator, Other, Performer, Bibliographic antecedent, Creator, Collaborator, Scenarist, Author of afterword, colophon, etc., Author of dialog, Reporter, Honoree, Speaker, Correspondent, Contributor, Interviewee, Commentator
Classifications:	PR6031.R6, 823.9

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about J. B Priestley

Margin released : a writer's reminiscences and reflections by J. B Priestley( Book )
Priestley's England : J.B. Priestley and English culture by John Baxendale( )
J.B. Priestley by Ivor John Carnegie Brown( Book )
J.B. Priestley: portrait of an author by Susan Cooper( Book )
Rain upon Godshill : a further chapter of autobiography by J. B Priestley( Book )

Instead of the trees : a final chapter of autobiography by J. B Priestley( Book )
J.B. Priestley by A. A De Vitis( Book )
J.B. Priestley by John Braine( Book )
Midnight on the desert : being an excursion into autobiography during a winter in America, 1935-36 by J. B Priestley( Book )
J.B. Priestley : an informal study of his work by David Hughes( Book )
J.B. Priestley by Kenneth Young( Book )
English journey by J. B Priestley( Book )
J.B. Priestley : the last of the sages by John Atkins( Book )
J.B. Priestley by Maggie B Gale( Book )
J.B. Priestley by Vincent Brome( Book )
J.B. Priestley's plays by Holger Klein( Book )
The old dark house by James Whale( Visual )
J.B. Priestley : the dramatist by Gareth Lloyd Evans( Book )
J.B. Priestley, an annotated bibliography by Alan Edwin Day( Book )
The vision of J.B. Priestley by Roger Fagge( )

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Most widely held works by J. B Priestley

Literature and western man by J. B Priestley( Book )

102 editions published between 1946 and 1980 in 4 languages and held by 2,700 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"In these essays, the well-known English novelist surveys Western letters and, through them, Western man from the 15th century to the present ... American writers have a very minor place in this centuries-long cavalcade." Pub W

The good companions by J. B Priestley( Book )

211 editions published between 1829 and 2018 in 8 languages and held by 2,430 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The numerous adventures of a traveling troupe in England

Angel Pavement by J. B Priestley( Book )

193 editions published between 1930 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 2,275 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Twenty-eight plays for young people rendered from well known fairy tales and stories. Includes Rumpelstiltskin; Rapunzel; Heidi; Cinderella; Tom Sawyer, Pirate; and Rip Van Winkle

Charles Dickens : a pictorial biography by J. B Priestley( Book )

68 editions published between 1961 and 1995 in 3 languages and held by 1,885 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

With 132 photographs and illustrations from his books in black-and-white, and an informative text, including a chronolgy of his life and works

The English by J. B Priestley( Book )

89 editions published between 1927 and 1978 in English and Dutch and held by 1,691 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Edwardians by J. B Priestley( Book )

42 editions published between 1964 and 2000 in English and held by 1,611 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Captures the essence of the era in a lively study of its politics, personalities, technical innovations, arts and preoccupations

The Prince of Pleasure and his Regency, 1811-20 by J. B Priestley( Book )

26 editions published between 1969 and 2002 in English and held by 1,431 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Lost Empires : being Richard Herncastle's account of his life on the variety stage from November 1913 to August 1914 together with a prologue and epilogue by J. B Priestley( Book )

68 editions published between 1965 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,327 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In 1913-1914 a young Yorkshire boy's uncle sweeps him away from a dreary office job into the nomadic, boozy, amorous life of Variety performers on tour

English humour by J. B Priestley( Book )

49 editions published between 1929 and 1978 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,201 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The English comic characters by J. B Priestley( Book )

62 editions published between 1925 and 1972 in English and held by 1,188 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Victoria's heyday by J. B Priestley( Book )

29 editions published between 1972 and 1974 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,187 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Social, political, industrial, religious, literary and artistic life of the 1850's, period of time of Queen Victoria

English journey : being a rambling but truthful account of what one man saw and heard and felt and thought during a journey through England during the autumn of the year 1933 by J. B Priestley( Book )

100 editions published between 1933 and 2006 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,146 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

N 1933 J.B. Priestley made a journey through England. He travelled by train, bus and car, and on foot, talking to the people he met and taking in his surroundings. From the drowsy idyll of rural backwaters to the dark satanic landscapes of industrialized cities, he took a writer's eye and a warmly human sensibility, describing what he found with an insight that holds good today. The resulting book became one which defined an age, and influenced the political thought of the Forties and Fifties. But what probably ensured its enduring popularity above all else were Priestley's accounts of his encounters with a rich variety of English characters. This edition is published to coincide with the centenary of Priestley's birth

Man and time by J. B Priestley( Book )

42 editions published between 1964 and 1989 in English and Spanish and held by 1,101 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Discusses man's changing concepts of time through history, from primitive societies through the great ancient civilizations and European history up to the present day

10 classic mystery and suspense plays of the modern theatre by Stanley Richards( Book )

1 edition published in 1973 in English and held by 1,089 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A collection of ten detective, mystery, and thriller plays first produced in the mid-twentieth century, several of which were later adapted into motion pictures

Bright day by J. B Priestley( Book )

88 editions published between 1900 and 2018 in 5 languages and held by 1,087 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

English writer sees a couple he had known in his youth and muses over the happy past

Thomas Love Peacock by J. B Priestley( Book )

33 editions published between 1927 and 1970 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,046 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Delight by J. B Priestley( Book )

51 editions published between 1900 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,033 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Last holiday by Queen Latifah( Visual )

22 editions published between 2005 and 2017 in English and French and held by 990 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Georgia Byrd is a department store employee who leads a life of frustrated desires. She particularly likes the bashful salesman from the outdoor furnishings department. But when she learns she only has a few weeks left to live, Georgia gathers her money, quits her job, and flies to the swank European resort she's always dreamed of visiting. Naturally, her new carelessness with money and fearless candor lead everyone around her, including a senator and her former boss, to think she's a real mover and shaker

Essays of five decades by J. B Priestley( Book )

29 editions published between 1949 and 1969 in English and Undetermined and held by 979 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

William Hazlitt by J. B Priestley( Book )

35 editions published between 1960 and 1995 in English and Undetermined and held by 963 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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