An Unsocial Socialist (A Political Satire) - Complete Edition - Softcover

Shaw, George Bernard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8027330874 ISBN 13: 9788027330874

Publisher: e-artnow, 2019

Synopsis

An Unsocial Socialist, Shaw's last written novel was published in 1887, having been written in 1883. The tale begins with a humorous description of student antics at a girl's school then changes focus to a seemingly uncouth labourer who, it soon develops, is really a wealthy gentleman in hiding from his overly affectionate wife. Tinged with self-satirical overtones this novel shows both the positive and negative aspects of Socialism in a comically paradoxical manner. George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950) was an Irish playwright, essayist, novelist and short story writer and wrote more than 60 plays. He is the only person to have been awarded both a Nobel Prize in Literature (1925) and an Academy Award (1938). Excerpt: "I am expected to be something more than mortal. Everyone else is encouraged to complain, and to be weak and silly. But I must have no feeling. I must be always in the right. Everyone else may be homesick, or huffed, or in low spirits. I must have no nerves, and must keep others laughing all day long." Table of Contents: Biography: George Bernard Shaw by G. K. Chesterton An Unsocial Socialist

About this edition

• Publisher: e-artnow
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 8027330874
• ISBN 13: 9788027330874
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208