Bright Day
1946 novel by J.B. Priestley / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bright Day is a novel by J. B. Priestley, first published in 1946.[1] One of his better-known works, it combines nostalgia for the northern England that existed before the First World War with an optimism inspired by the conclusion of the Second.
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Author | J. B. Priestley |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Publisher | William Heinemann Ltd |
Publication date | 1946 |
Media type | Print (hardback) |
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The book tells the story of a contemporary English screenwriter, Gregory Dawson, goes to a seaside hotel in Cornwall to finish a screenplay. An accidental meeting with two people from his distant past prompts him to explore his memories of his youth in 'Bruddersford' (a fictional town conflating Bradford and Huddersfield) between October 1912 and June 1914.[2]