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The Good Companions
Capítulos (21)
- Dedication 0:00
- Book I: I: Mr. Oakroyd Leaves Home 0:08
- II: Miss Trant Takes a Holiday 1:41:06
- III: Inigo Jollifant Quotes Shakespeare and Departs in the Night 3:02:23
- IV: Mr. Oakroyd on t’Road 4:33:01
- V: Miss Trant Is Almost a Second Columbus 6:39:52
- VI: Inigo Meets a Member of the Profession and Turns Pianist 8:32:56
- Book II: I: In Which They All Become “Good Companions” 10:31:50
- II: Very Short, and Devoted to Rehearsals 12:05:07
- III: In Which Colonel Trant’s Daughter Goes Into Action, Sticks to Her Guns, and May Be Considered Victorious 12:42:16
- IV: Mr. Oakroyd Plays “The Hunted Man” for a Short Season 14:18:55
- V: Inigo Jumps Out of a Train and Finds Himself in Love 15:46:16
- VI: The Black Week 16:58:21
- VII: All Stolen from the Mail Bag 18:48:21
- Book III: I: A Wind in the Triangle 19:30:48
- II: A Chapter of Encounters 20:46:33
- III: Inigo in Wonderland 22:18:52
- IV: A Benefit Performance 23:25:55
- V: Long, and Full of Salvage Work 24:25:45
- VI: Mr. Oakroyd Goes Home 26:13:34
- Epilogue 27:13:53
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Jess Oakroyd is a middle-aged factory worker, Elizabeth Trant is the aimless daughter of a recently deceased colonel, and Inigo Jollifant is a bored schoolmaster. The three of them, unhappy with the directions of their lives, each strike out on journeys to clear their minds and do something new.
After a picaresque opening in which each of these three characters engages in various adventures, they all happen to cross paths with the Dinky Doos, a “concert party”—a type of traveling musical vaudeville show—who feel like their act needs to be shaken up. They all join forces to form a new act called the Good Companions, and set out to make their fortune on the road in an era where radio and the motion picture were becoming larger and larger features of the cultural milieu.
The Good Companions, J. B. Priestley’s third novel, was a hugely popular success that catapulted him to national fame. The plot is light and airy and the characters are upbeat and charming. Priestley, a Yorkshire native, writes in dialect for any character not speaking in Received Pronunciation, giving the principal characters, and the people they meet, an authentic feel as the troupe travels across the English countryside.