Festival at Farbridge
First edition | |
| Author | J.B. Priestley |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Publisher | Heinemann |
Publication date | 1951 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
Festival at Farbridge is a 1951 comic novel by the British writer J.B. Priestley.[1] A small town in the Midlands decides to hold its own event during the Festival of Britain.
The book was deliberately conceived of and timed as part of the Festival of Britain.[2] It "Memorably describ[es]" the smaller community activities that took place as part of the Festival.[3] The novel was a "flop".[2]
References
- ^ Klein p.456
- ^ a b Kynaston, David (2010). Family Britain, 1951-1957. Bloomsbury. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-4088-0083-6. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
- ^ Hutton, Alexander (2020). "The 'Quite Ordinary Man' at the Pageant: History, Community and Local Identity in the 1951 Festival of Britain". In Bartie, Angela; Fleming, Linda; Freeman, Mark; Hutton, Alexander; Readman, Paul (eds.). Restaging the Past: Historical Pageants, Culture and Society in Modern Britain. UCL Press. p. 202. ISBN 978-1-78735-405-0. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
Further reading
- Klein, Holger. J.B. Priestley's Fiction. Peter Lang, 2002.