Нравы современной английской бюрократии и состоятельных обывателей — основная тема романа «Сэр Майкл и сэр Джордж».

Многие верили, что война принесет какое-то облегчение, что все изменится. Но война кончилась, и фронтовики возвращаются в родную Англию; все же здесь осталось по-старому, эксплоататоры, как и раньше, выжимают все соки из трудового люда — об этом главы из романа Дж. Б. Пристли «Трое в новых костюмах» (Three Men in New Suits, 1945).

В романе «Трое в новых костюмах» писатель рассказывает о том, как вернувшиеся с фронта солдаты не хотят жить по-старому.

В романе «Трое в новых костюмах» писатель рассказывает о том, как вернувшиеся с фронта солдаты не хотят жить по-старому.

«Улица Ангела» Джона Бойнтона Пристли — роман, в котором автор обращается к феномену «психологии успеха», ставшей в Британии в 30-х гг. XX века настоящим культом для молодежи.Идеалов нет.Любовь — просто миг отдохновения в бешеной погоне за наживой.Дружба — наивная детская фантазия.Герои романа, продавшие душу «желтому дьяволу», готовы на все ради богатства и положения в обществе, — и слишком поздно приходит прозрение, как непомерно высока цена вожделенного успеха…

Эссе, собранные в книге, вошли в 1-й («У меня было время») и во 2-й (все остальные) том «Избранных произведений в двух томах» Дж. Б. Пристли.

Philip and Margaret Waverton and their friend Roger Penderel are driving through the mountains of Wales when a torrential downpour washes away the road and forces them to seek shelter for the night. They take refuge in an ancient, crumbling mansion inhabited by the strange and sinister Femm family and their brutish servant Morgan. Determined to make the best of the circumstances, the benighted travellers drink, talk, and play games to pass the time while the storm rages outside. But as the night progresses and tensions rise, dangerous and unexpected secrets emerge.

On the house's top floor are two locked doors; behind one of them lies the mysterious, unseen Sir Roderick Femm, and behind the other lurks an unspeakable terror. Which is more deadly: the apocalyptic storm outside the house or the unknown horrors that await within? And will any of them survive the night?

The book was written and published in 1927. And in 1932 it was adapted for the screen: "The Old Dark House" (1932) with Boris Karloff and Charles Laughton

Dr Salt is leaving the dismal and depressing town of Birkden, and his departure can't come soon enough. Recently widowed and newly retired from the practice of medicine, Salt looks forward to starting a new life in a sunnier clime. But before he can go, he must solve the mystery of the disappearance of one of his patients, Noreen Wilks, a young woman in urgent need of a life-saving drug. Believing she's just a flighty girl who has run away, the police refuse to investigate, but Salt has reason to suspect foul play. Joining forces with Maggie Culworth, whose father has also inexplicably vanished, Salt must contend with powerful forces desperate to conceal the truth as he follows the clues towards a shocking and macabre conclusion. The only detective story by the prolific playwright and novelist J. B. Priestley (1894-1984), *Salt is Leaving* (1966) was originally written for the author's own amusement but has gone on to be recognized as a classic of the mystery genre….

Three strangers, each on a separate mission, converge in the California desert. Jimmy Edlin is hot on the trail of a religious cult he believes is responsible for his brother’s murder; George Hooker is a physicist in search of a missing colleague; and Malcolm Darbyshire is an Englishman looking for a beautiful heiress who has vanished without a trace. When the three men come together and discover that their situations are intertwined, they join forces to try to unravel these mysteries. Braving danger and death at every turn, they follow a trail of clues that leads to an explosive conclusion, as they uncover a sinister group whose insane philosophy calls for the destruction of all life on earth and who possess the awesome power to bring about doomsday!

Written against the backdrop of the rise of Hitler and Mussolini and with the threat of the Second World War looming, The Doomsday Men (1938) is one of J. B. Priestley’s most thrilling novels and a story with frightening implications.

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