Jenny Villiers

1947 novel by J. B. Priestley From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jenny Villiers

Jenny Villiers: A Story of the Theatre is a short novel by J. B. Priestley, first published in 1947.[1]

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Jenny Villiers: A Story of the Theatre
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First edition
AuthorJ. B. Priestley
IllustratorM. Elaine Hancock
LanguageEnglish
GenreGhost story
PublisherWilliam Heinemann
Publication date
3 January 1947
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
PagesIV + 190pp
OCLC8306303
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A successful but dispirited playwright is supervising the rehearsals of his new play, The Glass Door, at an old theatre in North England. The actors are irritated by his cynical attitude, but when left alone in the darkened green room he experiences visions of a 19th-century tragedy which alter his outlook on his profession.

In 1978 it was reprinted by Stein and Day, in a collection of works by Priestley entitled My Three Favorite Novels. The others were Angel Pavement and Bright Day.


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