Benighted (published in the United States as The Old Dark House) is a 1927 novel by the British writer J.B. Priestley.[1][2] Priestley's second published novel, the story explores the post-First World War disillusionment that Britain felt during the time period.[3] A number of travellers are forced to take shelter at an old Welsh country house during a storm. The book was published in the United States in 1928.[4]
^Watson, George; Willison, Ian (1972). The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Vol. 4. Cambridge University Press. p. 713. ISBN978-0521085359.