Items related to The Doctor's Dilemma, Getting Married, and The...

The Doctor's Dilemma, Getting Married, and The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet - Softcover

 
9780809533992: The Doctor's Dilemma, Getting Married, and The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet
View all copies of this ISBN edition:
 
 
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925 and was one of the great literary minds of his day, in addition to being one of its most entertaining personalities. In his youth he became an ardent socialist and wrote five novels, which are still very entertaining, although Shaw truly found his creative identity on the stage and lectern. While he was a great dramatist, it is possible to argue that Shaw's prefaces are better than his plays. Certainly they are masterful expositions of his ideas, and among the finest essays in English. If there is one defining virtue in Shaw, it is his ability to ask awkward questions. He was not someone who accepted the status quo; instead he spent the whole of his very long life in search of something better, as wit, critic, curmudgeon, and revolutionary. Among his greatest plays are CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA, MAN AND SUPERMAN, BACK TO METHUSELAH, SAINT JOAN, MAJORA BARBARA, PYGMALION (the basis for the musical -- and film -- MY FAIR LADY), and ANDROCLES AND THE LION. He wrote voluminously on social and political issues. His THE INTELLIGENT WOMAN'S GUIDE TO SOCIALISM (1928) was enormously popular at the time. He continued to publish until nearly the end of his life. Among his last works are SIXTEEN SELF-SKETCHES (1948), BOUYANT BILLIONS (1948) and FAR-FETCHED FABLES (1950).

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

  • PublisherWildside Press
  • Publication date2022
  • ISBN 10 0809533995
  • ISBN 13 9780809533992
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages541
  • Rating

Shipping: £ 6.99
Within United Kingdom

Destination, rates & speeds

Add to Basket

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9781354952603: The Doctor's Dilemma, Getting Married, And The Shewing-up Of Blanco Posnet

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  ISBN 13:  9781354952603
Publisher: Palala Press, 2016
Hardcover

  • 9780809533985: The Doctor's Dilemma, Getting Married, and The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet

    Wildsi..., 2022
    Hardcover

  • 9781361927779: The Doctor's Dilemma, Getting Married, and The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet

    Wentwo..., 2016
    Softcover

  • 9781361929193: The Doctor's Dilemma, Getting Married, and the Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet

    Wentwo..., 2016
    Softcover

  • 9781361928752: The Doctor's Dilemma, Getting Married, and The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet

    Wentwo..., 2016
    Softcover

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Stock Image

George Bernard Shaw
Published by Wildside Press (2003)
ISBN 10: 0809533995 ISBN 13: 9780809533992
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
Revaluation Books
(Exeter, United Kingdom)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 544 pages. 8.25x5.50x1.50 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # zk0809533995

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 20.08
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 6.99
Within United Kingdom
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Shaw, George Bernard
Published by Wildside Press (2003)
ISBN 10: 0809533995 ISBN 13: 9780809533992
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
dsmbooks
(Liverpool, United Kingdom)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. New. book. Seller Inventory # D7S9-1-M-0809533995-5

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 96.40
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 9
Within United Kingdom
Destination, rates & speeds