Delight (essays on simple pleasures by J.B. Priestley)

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Essays of literary reminiscence and autobiography. Front cover and spine ......Page 1 Half-title ......Page 2 Books by J.B. Priestley ......Page 3 Title Page: Delight ......Page 4 Dedication ......Page 6 Contents ......Page 8 Preface ......Page 12 1. Fountains ......Page 19 2. Shopping in small places ......Page 22 3. Detective stories in bed ......Page 25 4. After finishing some work ......Page 29 5. Meeting a friend ......Page 31 6. Decks in early morning ......Page 33 7. A walking tour ......Page 35 8. Trying new blends of tobacco ......Page 37 9. Gin and tonic, 1940 ......Page 40 10. Smoking as worship ......Page 42 11. Discovering Tomlinson ......Page 44 12. And the Marx Brothers ......Page 47 13. Cosy Planning ......Page 50 14. Getting out of New York ......Page 52 15. Buying music to escape tune-haunting ......Page 54 16. Moment during rehearsal ......Page 56 17. Sound of a football ......Page 59 18. Romantic recognition ......Page 61 19. Old photograph ......Page 63 20. Coming home ......Page 65 21. Smell of Tahiti ......Page 66 22. Chamber music at home ......Page 69 23. Charades ......Page 72 24. My first article ......Page 74 25. Celebrities at parties ......Page 77 26. Making writing simple ......Page 81 27. Books and music in furnished houses ......Page 86 28. Shakespeare re-discovered ......Page 88 29. The conductors ......Page 92 30. Theatre curtains ......Page 94 31. Fantastic theories ......Page 96 32. Smoking in hot bath ......Page 99 33. A bit of writing ......Page 101 34. Walk in pine wood ......Page 103 35. Answering back ......Page 105 36. Manly talk ......Page 106 37. Frightening civil servants ......Page 108 38. Fiddling while Rome burns ......Page 110 39. Family silliness, domestic clowning ......Page 112 40. New box of matches ......Page 114 41. Playing with small children ......Page 116 42. Mineral water in bedrooms of foreign hotels ......Page 118 43. Coming of the Idea ......Page 120 44. Stereoscope ......Page 121 45. Seeing the actors ......Page 125 46. Sunday papers in the country ......Page 128 47. Long trousers ......Page 129 48. Planning travel ......Page 131 49. Metaphysics ......Page 133 50. Early childhood and the Treasure ......Page 135 51. Reading in bed about foul weather ......Page 136 52. Having one's fortune told ......Page 138 53. Wood ......Page 140 54. Comic characters ......Page 142 55. Money for nothing ......Page 144 56. Children's games ......Page 147 57. Suddenly doing nothing ......Page 151 58. Pleasure and gratitude of children ......Page 153 59. Atmosphere of billiards ......Page 155 60. Knowing a poet ......Page 157 61. Giving advice ......Page 159 62. Delight in writing ......Page 161 63. Not going ......Page 163 64. Quietly malicious chairmanship ......Page 165 65. Secret Brotherhoods ......Page 167 66. Cosy with work ......Page 170 67. Other people's weaknesses ......Page 172 68. Bragging ......Page 174 69. Plots ......Page 176 70. Being solemn about one's tastes ......Page 178 71. Dreams ......Page 180 72. The ironic principle ......Page 183 73. Truth and fiction ......Page 186 74. Three lighthouses ......Page 188 75. This small world ......Page 189 76. Discovering Vermeer ......Page 191 77. Lawn tennis ......Page 193 78. Not having to read books ......Page 195 79. Homage to Moszkowski ......Page 196 80. Locusts l have known ......Page 198 81. Being recognised ......Page 200 82. First time abroad ......Page 201 83. Transport in films ......Page 203 84. Streets like stage sets ......Page 206 85. Nature as last consolation ......Page 207 86. China and the Chinese ......Page 209 87. Preparing for old age ......Page 211 88. Moments in the morning ......Page 213 89. Orchestras tuning up ......Page 215 90. Dancing ......Page 217 91. Escaping from time ......Page 220 92. Bass voices ......Page 222 93. Blossom ......Page 224 94. Free passes ......Page 226 95. Making stew ......Page 229 96. No school report ......Page 231 97. Seeing the North ......Page 234 98. After a concert ......Page 237 99. Buying books ......Page 239 100. View from my study ......Page 242 101. Reading about the "Pink 'Un" set ......Page 245 102. Orchestras creeping in to piano ......Page 248 103. Cooking picnics ......Page 250 104. Beginning to cast a play ......Page 253 105. Waking to smell bacon, etc. ......Page 255 106. Sketches of C. J. Holmes ......Page 257 107. Memoranda self ......Page 259 108. van Hoven ......Page 261 109. Solemn antics of boyhood ......Page 264 110. Departing guests ......Page 266 111. Timeless mornings ......Page 268 112. Women and clothes ......Page 270 113. The delight that never was ......Page 272 114. But this is where we came in ......Page 277