J.B. Priestley

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The weakness of American civilization, and perhaps the chief reason why it creates so much discontent, is that it is so curiously abstract. It is a bloodless extrapolation of a satisfying life... You dine off the advertiser's "sizzling" and not the meat of the steak.

J.B. Priestley

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Criticism of America America

Author

J.B. Priestley

Source

New Statesman

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1971 1970s 20th century

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Priestley, J. B. New Statesman. 10 Dec. 1971.

The first fall of snow is not only an event, but it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up to find yourself in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment, then where is it to be found?

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Snow

Author

J.B. Priestley

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1928 1920s 20th century

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Priestley, J. B. "First Snow." Apes and Angels. Methuen, 1928.

We don't live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other. And I tell you that the time will soon come when, if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish.

J.B. Priestley

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Interconnectedness of all people Man as social animal

Author

J.B. Priestley

Source

An Inspector Calls

Medium

Play

Genre

Drama (play) Drama

Language

English

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

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Priestley, J. B. "An Inspector Calls." Time and the Conways and Other Plays. Penguin Classics, 1994, act 3. Originally performed in 1945, Comedy Theatre in Leningrad, Moscow, Russia, act 3.