John Bulls Other Island Contributor(s): Shaw, George Bernard (Author) |
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ISBN: 1605975990 ISBN-13: 9781605975993 Publisher: Book Jungle OUR PRICE: $13.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2008 Annotation: George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was a worldrenowned Irish author. Born in Dublin, he moved to London when he turned twenty. Having rejected formal schooling, he educated himself by independent study in the reading room of the British Museum; he also began his career there by writing novels for which he could not find a publisher. His first success was as a music and literary critic, but he was drawn to drama and authored more than sixty plays during his career. Typically his work is leavened by a delightful vein of comedy, but nearly all of it bears earnest messages Shaw hoped his audiences would embrace. He remains the only person to have been awarded both a Nobel Prize (1925) for his contribution to literature and an Oscar (1938) for Pygmalion. Among his most famous works are: Candida (1894), Arms and the Man (1894) and Man and Superman (1902-03). |
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BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Collections |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.22" H x 7.5" W x 9.25" (0.44 lbs) 108 pages |