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An Unsocial Socialist by George Bernard Shaw
Category: Fiction
An Unsocial Socialist was published in 1887, having been written in 1883.The hero, Sidney Trefusis, otherwise Jeff Smilash, is a gentleman by birth and education who is ashamed of his origin. He is in sympathy with the toiling masses, and he makes himself as much like them as he can by putting on workma ...Show more
Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw
Category: Performing Arts Drama Plays | Series: Dover Thrift Editions Ser.
Arms and the Man was George Bernard Shaw's first commercially successful play. It is a comedy about idealized love versus true love. A young Serbian woman idealizes her war-hero fiance and thinks the Swiss soldier who begs her to hide him a terrible coward. After the war she reverses her opinions, thoug ...Show more
Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw
Category: General Biography | Series: New Mermaids
"What use are cartridges in battle? I always carry chocolate instead." Cheered by some and booed by others on opening night in 1894, Arms and the Man became the first success of Bernard Shaw's dramatic career that spanned six decades and brought him world-wide renown. In this perennially popular anti-ro ...Show more
Best Loved Bernard Shaw by George Bernard Shaw
Category: Classic | Series: Best-Loved Irish Writers Ser.
An attractive and approachable selection of the work of George Bernard Shaw. One of the most remarkable writers of the 20th century, Shaw contributed in a range of ways to both political and social writings as well as creating great works of literature. Shaw is one of only two people to have won both an ...Show more
Candida by SHAW BERNARD
Category: Performing Arts Drama Plays
Candida centers on a romantic triangle and parodies courtly love and the domestic drama of Ibsen. It abounds with classical allusions, the fervor of a religious revival, and poetic inspiration and aspirations.
Cashel Byron's Profession by George Bernard Shaw
Category: Fiction
After poleaxing his mathematics master with a perfect right, Cashel Byron, the unloved son of a successful actress, runs away to Australia. He returns to England and becomes the most famous prizefighter of his age, only to be floored himself by the lovely and impossible Lydia Carew. Can Lydia, with her ...Show more
George Bernard Shaw's Plays by George Bernard Shaw; Sandie Byrne
Category: Performing Arts Drama Plays | Series: Norton Critical Editions Ser.
Each play is fully annotated. "Contexts and Criticism" features all-new material on the author and his work, from traditional critical readings to more theorized approaches, among them essays on Shaw's Fabianism and his alleged feminism.? Contributors include Leon Hugo, Sally Peters, Tracy C. Davis, Joh ...Show more
Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw
Category: Fiction
When Ellie Dunn joins a house-party at the home of the eccentric Captain Shotover, she causes a stir with her decision to marry for money rather than love, and the Captain's forthright daughter Hesione protests vigorously against the pragmatic young woman's choice. Opinion on the matter quickly divides ...Show more
Love Among the Artists by Bernard Shaw
Category: Fiction
With his inimitable wit and sparkle, George Bernard Shaw brings us the character of Owen Jack, a salty non-conformist composer said to have been suggested by Beethoven. The relations between Jack and the other wayward bohemians of the story with the more conventional socialites around them offers shrewd ...Show more
Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy by George Bernard Shaw
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Bernard Shaw Library
Exclusive to Penguin Classics: the definitive text of the first great twentieth-century English play and a classic exposé of the eternal struggle between the sexes—part of the official Bernard Shaw Library. Explores the role of the artist, the function of women in society, and the author's theory of Cr ...Show more
Penguin Mug - Man and Superman by SHAW BERNARD
Category: Gifts
Enjoy some satire with this wonderful ceramic mug from the new Penguin Collection. Based on the Classic Penguin tri-band design of George Bernard Shaw's great play, Man and Superman, this vivid, red mug is fully dishwasher safe and holds 500ml.