Delphi Works of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated)

George Bernard Shaw

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George Bernard Shaw created pioneering dramas that probed prevailing social problems with a vein of comedy that made their stark themes more palatable, while striving to make the world aware of the exploitation of the working classes. This comprehensive eBook presents most complete edition possible of Shaw’s works in the US, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2)
 
* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Shaw’s life and works* Concise introductions to the novels, plays and other texts* 44 plays, with individual contents tables* Includes rare dramas, available in no other collection* 4 novels, with individual contents tables* Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts* Excellent formatting of the texts* Includes almost the complete non-fiction, including Shaw’s seminal work on Ibsen* Special criticism study on Shaw by G. K. Chesterton, evaluating Shaw’s contribution to literature* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres* UPDATED with two plays that recently entered the US public domain

 
Please note: due to US copyright restrictions, 26 later plays, the novel IMMATURITY and Shaw’s short story collection cannot appear in this edition. When new texts become available in your public domain, they will be added to the eBook as a free update.
 
CONTENTS:
 
The NovelsThe Irrational KnotLove Among the ArtistsCashel Byron’s ProfessionAn Unsocial Socialist
 
The PlaysPassion PlayUn Petit DrameThe CassoneWidowers’ HousesThe PhilandererMrs. Warren’s ProfessionArms and the ManCandidaThe Man of DestinyYou Never Can TellThe Devil’s DiscipleThe GadflyCaesar and CleopatraCaptain Brassbound’s ConversionThe Admirable Bashville, or Constancy UnrewardedMan and SupermanJohn Bull’s Other IslandHow He Lied to Her HusbandMajor BarbaraPassion, Poison, and PetrifactionThe Doctor’s DilemmaThe Interlude at the PlayhouseGetting MarriedThe Shewing-Up of Blanco PosnetPress CuttingsFascinating Foundling: Disgrace to the AuthorThe Glimpse of RealitySuggested Act III Ending for Barker’s ‘The Madras House’MisallianceThe Dark Lady of the SonnetsFanny’s First PlayAndrocles and the LionOverruled: A DemonstrationBeauty’s DutyPygmalionGreat CatherineThe Music CureO’flaherty, V. C.The Inca of PerusalemAugustus Does His BitGlastonbury SkitMacbeth SkitSkit for the Tiptaft RevueAnnajanska, the Bolshevik EmpressHeartbreak HouseBack to Methuselah: A Metabiological PentateuchThe War IndemnitiesJitta’s AtonementSaint Joan
 
The Non-FictionThe Perfect WagneriteQuintessence of IbsenismThe Impossibilities of AnarchismThe Revolutionist’s Handbook and Pocket CompanionMaxims for Revolutionists
 
The CriticismGeorge Bernard Shaw by G. K. Chesterton
 
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Disponibile da: 11/08/2015.

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