Daylight on Saturday

Novel by J.B. Priestley

Daylight on Saturday
First US edition
AuthorJ.B. Priestley
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama
PublisherHeinemann (UK)
Harper & Brothers (US)
Publication date
1943
Media typePrint

Daylight on Saturday is a 1943 novel by the British writer J.B. Priestley. It follows the various employees of an aircraft factory during the Second World War. The title was a reference to the fact that workers only see daylight at the weekends.[1]

References

  1. ^ Klein p.132

Bibliography

  • Klein, Holger. J.B. Priestley's Fiction. Peter Lang, 2002.
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