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The action of the play occurs in an English industrial city, where a young girl commits suicide and an eminently respectable British family is subject to a routine inquiry in connection with the death. An inspector calls to interrogate the family, and during the course of his questioning, all members of the group are implicated lightly or deeply in the girl's undoing. The family, closely knit and friendly at the beginning of the evening, is shown up as selfish, self-centered or cowardly, its good humor turning to acid, and good fellowship to dislike, before the evening is over. The surprising revelation, however, is in the inspector...
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An inspector calls, John Boynton Priestley
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- Released
- 1995
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Title
- An inspector calls
- Subtitle
- Hauptbd. . / Rev. and annot. by Willi Real
- Language
- English
- Authors
- John Boynton Priestley
- Publisher
- Langenscheidt
- Released
- 1995
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 76
- ISBN10
- 3526503893
- ISBN13
- 9783526503897
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Fiction, Art & Culture, Mystery & Thriller, Mystery Novels, Classics, Murders, 20th century, School, British Literature, England, Secrets, Detective, Theatre Plays, English Literature, Mysterious, Mysteries, Social Critique, Ghosts and Apparitions, Required Reading, Suicide, Crime Rate, Socialism, Morality, Capitalism
- Description
- The action of the play occurs in an English industrial city, where a young girl commits suicide and an eminently respectable British family is subject to a routine inquiry in connection with the death. An inspector calls to interrogate the family, and during the course of his questioning, all members of the group are implicated lightly or deeply in the girl's undoing. The family, closely knit and friendly at the beginning of the evening, is shown up as selfish, self-centered or cowardly, its good humor turning to acid, and good fellowship to dislike, before the evening is over. The surprising revelation, however, is in the inspector...