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 Great play.. August 31, 2008
D. Avery (Luton, UK)
Didn't read this copy, but I have read the play and it's great. Although fairly old-fashioned, it's very easy to keep up with for young readers. Also came in perfect condition.
Recommended buy.
 i am reading this for gcse its really good March 15, 2007
hula hoops...... (england birmingham)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
i am reading this in my class for gcse english it has got such a twist in it its fab i love the character eric i am a little bit squiffy! the inspector is such a good character how he is so aburpt and stern and makes nearly all of them regret there actions the play preformed on stage is also amazing i would reconmend this to anyone who loves a good moral mystery murder well suicide and to have all there ideas how they thought the play would end out of the window
read it!
About An Inspector Calls June 11, 2006
Charlotte Wigston (England)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Some consider this play to be a murder mystery or whodunit but in the ending of the play the form of moral tale is added as the inspector makes the audiece think about their moral responsiblity and how they collectively killed an innocent woman Eva Smith. An inspector calls is a very well-written play and of course contains the three unites of time place and action. These are all constant throughout the play and so allows the audience to focus of the dialogue. Priestley's socialist view point are put across clearly and many feel after reading or seeing this play they are better people and live a more socialist life. Priestley's use of languge, hints puns and suggests a different meaning to the names Goole and Eva Smith. A good play and a must read.
A brilliant read November 15, 2005
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
This book is a suprisingly good read for a play. The characters in this book are written under finese, you will find yourself relating to each of them; An inspector does indeed call around, investigating the death of a woman; as the story unfolds you are exposed to a world of deceit, betrayal, and social intolerence. It is an extremely well crafted book, plot twists are aplenty - its core ideas are representation of the time at which the book was set, the ideas of socialism and capitlism, money and love. In the end it is the combined act of each and every family member that seems to lead to the woman's demise. Each one of the family ended up affecting the woman in unimaginable ways - and only after recalecting, do the family peice together how they were involved (pushed along by the inspector), the true essence of the inspector is revealed - how he represents the guilt ridden voice in the back of your head, the final part of the story chilling in itself...when the inspector leaves, the phone rings, the police tell Mr Birling that they are sending an inspector, to ask some questions as they have just found a woman dead...
Relevent Then, Relevent Now June 4, 2004
Phoenix (Henley-On-Thames, Oxon, England)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I think that An Inspector calls is an esential book to read.When J.B Priestly wrote the play in the 1940's, it made a big point a bout class, and although those barriers are alot more faded and fallen than they were, they haven't completely dissapated, making this play still relevent today. It is one of the set texts for at least one GCSE examining boards, so many will be studying it for their GCSE's. To those the reason to buy your own copy is obvious, school don't yell if you lose it, annotating is perfectly allowed, and the book is usually in a better state. The play itself, is very brilliant, very dramatic, exciting and intiguing (yeah, I know I can't spell). I won't give everything away (that would be very mean...)but as every character reveals their story, it links into the others, and makes you want to hear the rest. When you have heard all the stories, you can't blame the girl for killing herself.
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