English Journey
Special 75th Anniversary Edition
By J.B. Priestley
'Again and again I have taken my notebooks and typewriter to the factories, the mines, the steel mills. I denounced or jeered at those colleagues who would not look.'
J.B. Priestley
In the autumn of 1933 J.B.Priestley travelled through England from Southampton to the Black Country, to the North East and Newcastle, to Norwich and home. In capturing and describing an English landscape and people hitherto unseen in literature of its kind he influenced the thinking and attitudes of an entire generation and helped formulate a public consensus for change that led to the formation of the welfare state.
Prophetic, profound, humorous and as relevant today as it was 75 years ago English Journey expresses Priestley's deep love of his native country and teaches us much about the human condition and the nature of Englishness.
This fully illustrated special anniversary edition of one of Priestley's most enduring and widely-read works comes with a first word from Nina Bawden, Forewords by Tom Priestley and Roy Hattersley; an exploration of the book's social, political and literary legacy; and personal contributions from Margaret Drabble, Alan Plater, William Woodruff, Dame Beryl Bainbridge, Lemn Sissay and Professor John Baxendale.
"Great Northern Books of Ilkley is rescuing J B Priestley one book at a time. In 2006, it re-issued Bright Day. Last Autumn, a strikingly beautiful edition of The Good Companions arrived."
The Yorkshire Post
Written in the elegant, simple language which was an essential part of Priestley's brilliance... a masterpiece
Roy Hattersley
Priestley never wrote better than in these pages. They remain required reading for all of us.
Margaret Drabble
Priestley not only tried to satisfy his curiosity how people in the depressed areas were surviving... he put a human face on their poverty and suffering.
William Woodruff
One of the best friends mankind had in the Twentieth Century.
Michael Foot
A History of England and the English between the wars.
Dame Beryl Bainbridge
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