Who wrote An Inspector Calls?

J.B. Priestley wrote An Inspector Calls, first published in 1945. It is a work of classics and is rated 'Essential Read' in our catalogue.

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Essential Read

An Inspector Calls

Name: An Inspector Calls
Author: J.B. Priestley

by J.B. Priestley · 1945

Classics · ranked #40 in category

In 1912, the wealthy Birling family is celebrating when a police inspector arrives with news that a young working-class woman has died. As the evening unfolds, each family member is shown to bear some responsibility for her death. Priestley's compact morality play — written in 1945, set in 1912 — is a searing examination of class, responsibility and the complacency of the prosperous.

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