Adam In Moonshine — Benighted
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Two early masterworks from one of Britain's most versatile literary talents are united in this handsome omnibus volume, offering readers both the romantic escapism of Adam in Moonshine and the spine-chilling dread of Benighted. In Adam in Moonshine, a young man's whimsical pursuit of adventure and romance leads him into a world of delightful absurdity and English charm, while Benighted — later adapted into the classic Hollywood film The Old Dark House — thrusts a group of stranded travellers into a crumbling mansion populated by a grotesque and menacing family, where civilised pretensions are stripped away by terror and the storm-lashed night. J. B. Priestley's genius lay in his extraordinary range: equally at home crafting sun-dappled comedies of English manners as he was constructing suffocating psychological horror, and these two novels, published early in his career, illustrate the full breadth of that talent with remarkable clarity. Benighted in particular stands as a landmark of Gothic suspense, anticipating many of the genre's conventions while grounding its scares in sharply observed social critique. Together, these novels present a portrait of an author who never stopped interrogating the fragility of the human condition — and leave the reader wondering which is more dangerous: the darkness outside the door, or the darkness within.
Author: J. B. Priestley
Format: Hardback
Genre: Fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Two early masterworks from one of Britain's most versatile literary talents are united in this handsome omnibus volume, offering readers both the romantic escapism of Adam in Moonshine and the spine-chilling dread of Benighted. In Adam in Moonshine, a young man's whimsical pursuit of adventure and romance leads him into a world of delightful absurdity and English charm, while Benighted — later adapted into the classic Hollywood film The Old Dark House — thrusts a group of stranded travellers into a crumbling mansion populated by a grotesque and menacing family, where civilised pretensions are stripped away by terror and the storm-lashed night. J. B. Priestley's genius lay in his extraordinary range: equally at home crafting sun-dappled comedies of English manners as he was constructing suffocating psychological horror, and these two novels, published early in his career, illustrate the full breadth of that talent with remarkable clarity. Benighted in particular stands as a landmark of Gothic suspense, anticipating many of the genre's conventions while grounding its scares in sharply observed social critique. Together, these novels present a portrait of an author who never stopped interrogating the fragility of the human condition — and leave the reader wondering which is more dangerous: the darkness outside the door, or the darkness within.