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...Priestley, author of "Angel Pavement," is going to Tahiti by way of New York to write his next novel...

Author: By H. B., | Title: Adolescent Fervor and Sophisticated Flippancy | 2/20/1931 | See Source »

ANGEL PAVEMENT--J. B. Priestley (Harpers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD BEST SELLERS | 12/12/1930 | See Source »

...predilection for the sophisticated brand of humor displayed by Peter Arno in his "Hullabaloo" and the same thing by other artists in the "Third New Yorker Album." Those desiring more substantial reading are now concentrating on "Charles W. Eliot" by Henry James and on such bulky tomes as Priestley's "Angel Pavement" and Arnold Bennett's "Imperial Palace...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD BOOKS OF THE MONTH | 12/12/1930 | See Source »

ANGEL PAVEMENT--Priestley (Harpers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD BOOKS OF THE MONTH | 10/30/1930 | See Source »

...Significance. Author Priestley writes freshly and smiles frequently. But his humor and facility engender their allied failings, and the book never bites through to reality. Lacking the sincere emotionalism of Dickens, he yet does not reach the labored truth of Galsworthy, though he has learned from both. Still his lively perceptions create a very readable and satisfying counterfeit of life. Accomplished craftsman, lie has an excellent understanding of the novelist's profession, a less imposing knowledge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Business in the Bystreets-- | 9/8/1930 | See Source »

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