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Mrs. Warren's Profession Kindle Edition

by George Bernard Shaw (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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"Mrs. Warren's Profession" is George Bernard Shaw's classic play that centers on the relationship between Mrs. Warren, a prostitute, and her prudish Cambridge-educated daughter Vivie, who is horrified to discover that her mother's wealth was acquired through the operation of whore-houses. Shaw offers up this play "to draw attention to the truth that prostitution is caused, not by female depravity and male licentiousness, but simply by underpaying, undervaluing, and overworking women so shamefully that the poorest of them are forced to resort to prostitution to keep body and soul together."
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astonishing range of associated documents, provides an invaluable resource for students --Jean Chothia, University of Cambridge

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Born at 33 Synge Street in Dublin, Ireland to rather poor Church of Ireland parents, Bernard Shaw was educated at Wesley College, Dublin and moved to London during the 1870s to embark on his literary career. He wrote five novels, none of which were published, before finding his first success as a music critic on the Star newspaper. He wrote his music criticism under the pseudonym Corno di Bassetto. In the meantime he had become involved in politics, and served as a local councillor in the St Pancras district of London for several years from 1897. He was a noted socialist who took a leading role in the Fabian Society.In 1895, Shaw became the drama critic of the Saturday Review, and this was the first step in his progress towards a lifetime's work as a dramatist. In 1898, he married an Irish heiress, Charlotte Payne-Townshend. His first successful play, Candida, was produced in the same year. He followed this with a series of classic comedy-dramas, including The Devil's Disciple (1897), Arms and the Man (1898), Mrs Warren's Profession (1898), Captain Brassbound's Conversion (1900), Man and Superman (1903), Caesar and Cleopatra (1901), Major Barbara (1905), Androcles and the Lion (1912), and Pygmalion (1913). After World War I, during which he was a staunch pacifist, he produced more serious dramas, including Heartbreak House (1919) and Saint Joan (1923). A characteristic of Shaw's published plays is the lengthy prefaces that accompany them. In these essays, Shaw wrote more about his usually controversial opinions on the issues touched by the plays than about the plays themselves. Some prefaces are much longer than the actual play.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000FC20L0
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Digireads.com Publishing (July 1, 2004)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 1, 2004
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 309 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 112 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1492801615
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Justin and Megan Allen
5.0 out of 5 stars Good
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Darlene
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Insight
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2013
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This is a play, the characters are good, the reaction to the profession would probably be the same today, the book makes a wonderful discussion topic and it's a fun read.
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Guy
3.0 out of 5 stars A bit of a disappointment
Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2019
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Something odd here. Maybe some kind of I. T. glitch. Words and phrases muddled.
Book, in play form, sort of alright but for Shaw, a bit of a let down. If you have nothing better to read and you want to read all Shaw, go ahead. Otherwise don’t bother.
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A. K. Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars Timely even today
Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2012
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G. B. Shaw nailed the bigot and the smug intellectual with high opinions that are only too ready to be shared. Society, today, could learn a lesson from this story.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2016
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Book was great quality, wasn't my favorite read but was definitely a New Woman text!
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Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2016
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Stephen L. Lubin
1.0 out of 5 stars Buy Google Books version instead
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2021
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The words to the ebook text have incorrect usage. "Mom" instead of "Mother." Its like a computer generated it. I also bought Google Books ebook version. It's so much better.
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Joseph Orze
2.0 out of 5 stars Too obvious
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2013
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Reading a play takes a little more imagination than reading a novel. Unfortunately, though the author is one of the greats of English literature, this play is too obvious in itw plot and conclusion.
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VILLALONGA Dominique
5.0 out of 5 stars livre en anglais
Reviewed in France on December 4, 2019
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Ashwani Kumar
5.0 out of 5 stars Feels cheated.
Reviewed in India on February 18, 2017
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I don't know if this a foreign published book or what. It's costs that much for hardly 50 pages of reading. I call that cheating unless I'm corrected.
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Kathleen Skinner
1.0 out of 5 stars Text is garbled
Reviewed in Australia on March 9, 2020
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Needs fixing. The text is garbled. I would like my money back!
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Pat Harrison
5.0 out of 5 stars which made some good points with regard to the position of women in ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 30, 2015
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I thought this was a very entertaining book, which made some good points with regard to the position of women in the 19th century and the solutions available to them. It is a pity that, with regard to Mrs Warren's profession, even now the double standard is hoist as high as it was then.
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