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English Literature · Modern text

An Inspector Calls

Priestley's message, character arcs and social responsibility explained clearly.

The play

An Inspector Calls

by J. B. Priestley · written 1945 · set in Brumley, an industrial North Midlands town, 1912

The wealthy Birling family are celebrating Sheila's engagement to Gerald Croft when a mysterious Inspector arrives to investigate the suicide of a young working-class woman, Eva Smith. One by one, each family member is exposed as having played a part in her death.

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