Plays Pleasant (Penguin Classics) (Paperback)

by George Bernard Shaw (Author), Dan H. Laurence (Editor), W. J. McCormack (Introduction) "Night : A lady's bedchamber in Bulgaria, in a small town near the Dragoman Pass, late in November in the year 1885..." (more)
Key Phrases: chocolate cream soldier, operating chair, blue closet, Miss Clandon, Captain Bluntschli, Miss Garnett (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Plays Pleasant (1898) comprises four comedies intended to amuse audiences but also to provoke them. Arms and the Man, set in the Balkan mountains, satirizes the romantic view of war and military heroism. Candida presents the complicated relationship between a vicar, his wife, and her young admirer. You Never Can Tell is a light, witty look at an aging suffragette and her family. The Man of Destiny features Napoleon Bonaparte at odds with English mores.

About the Author
Goerge Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was one of the most prolific writers of the modern theater. He invented the modern comedy of ideas, expounding on social and political problems with a razor-sharp tongue. He won the 1925 Nobel Prize for literature. Dan H. Laurence is series editor for the works of Shaw in Penguin. W. J. McCormack is professor of literary history at Goldsmith's College, London.

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Penguin Classics (August 26, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140437940
• ISBN-13: 978-0140437942
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: No customer reviews yet. Be the first.
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #191,024 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

  Popular in this category: (What's this?)

  #12 in

  Books > Literature & Fiction > Authors, A-Z > ( S ) > Shaw, George Bernard

  
  
  (Publishers and authors: Improve Your Sales)
• Also Available in: Paperback  |  Unknown Binding  |  All Editions