"Travel by Train" is a wonderful prose written by John Boynton Priestley. John Boynton Priestley was an English novelist, dramatist, and broadcaster. In 1914, he joined army and served during the First World war and was wounded by mortar fire. During World War II, he was a very popular broadcaster on BBC Radio. He was awarded the Order of Merit in 1977. ‘Travel by Train’ is a delightful piece of prose. It is filled with light-hearted humour. In this work, Priestly describes a train journey. Various types of people travel in a train. Priestley describes a middle-aged woman, the heavy carriers, the non-stop eaters, the noisy children, the cranks, the innocent people, the mighty sleepers and an elderly man.
Priestley first describes a middle-aged woman. She has a loud voice. She is accompanied by a dog. Priestley then describes the heavy carriers. They carry household utensils. They also carry baskets of fruits and flowers. Then Priestley describes the non-stop eaters. The non-stop eaters board the train with the sole purpose of eating. They talk with their moths full.
Then Priestley describes the noisy children. According to him, children are not good to travel with while on a train journey. They whimper and howl throughout the journey. Also, they spend all their time daubing their faces with chocolate. Sometimes they try to climb out of the window. The innocent people board the wrong train. The mighty sleepers sleep throughout the journey. The elderly man is neatly dressed. He says that the train is 3 minutes late.
Thus, “Travel by train” is humourous. Priestley beautifully describes the people in a train journey. He describes a middle-aged woman, the heavy carriers, the non-stop eaters, the noisy children, the cranks, the innocent people, the mighty sleepers and an elderly man.
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