Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw (Delphi Classics)
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Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw (Delphi Classics)
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 1)
* 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
Please note: due to US copyright restrictions, 28 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.
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CONTENTS:
The Novels THE IRRATIONAL KNOT LOVE AMONG THE ARTISTS CASHEL BYRON’S PROFESSION AN UNSOCIAL SOCIALIST
The Plays WIDOWERS’ HOUSES THE PHILANDERER MRS. WARREN’S PROFESSION ARMS AND THE MAN CANDIDA THE MAN OF DESTINY YOU NEVER CAN TELL THE DEVIL’S DISCIPLE THE GADFLY CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA CAPTAIN BRASSBOUND’S CONVERSION THE ADMIRABLE BASHVILLE, OR CONSTANCY UNREWARDED MAN AND SUPERMAN JOHN BULL’S OTHER ISLAND HOW HE LIED TO HER HUSBAND MAJOR BARBARA PASSION, POISON, AND PETRIFACTION THE DOCTOR’S DILEMMA THE INTERLUDE AT THE PLAYHOUSE GETTING MARRIED THE SHEWING-UP OF BLANCO POSNET PRESS CUTTINGS FASCINATING FOUNDLING: DISGRACE TO THE AUTHOR THE GLIMPSE OF REALITY SUGGESTED ACT III ENDING FOR BARKER’S ‘THE MADRAS HOUSE’ MISALLIANCE THE DARK LADY OF THE SONNETS FANNY’S FIRST PLAY ANDROCLES AND THE LION OVERRULED: A DEMONSTRATION BEAUTY’S DUTY PYGMALION GREAT CATHERINE THE MUSIC CURE O’FLAHERTY, V. C. THE INCA OF PERUSALEM AUGUSTUS DOES HIS BIT GLASTONBURY SKIT MACBETH SKIT SKIT FOR THE TIPTAFT REVUE ANNAJANSKA, THE BOLSHEVIK EMPRESS HEARTBREAK HOUSE BACK TO METHUSELAH: A METABIOLOGICAL PENTATEUCH THE WAR INDEMNITIES
The Non-Fiction THE PERFECT WAGNERITE QUINTESSENCE OF IBSENISM THE IMPOSSIBILITIES OF ANARCHISM THE REVOLUTIONIST’S HANDBOOK AND POCKET COMPANION MAXIMS FOR REVOLUTIONISTS
The Criticism GEORGE BERNARD SHAW by G. K. Chesterton
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