Pygmalion - format ePub

The selected correspondence of Bernard Shaw relating to the play The Millionairess contains 37 letters, written between 1934 and 1949. The book represents a significant addition to present-day understanding...

Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy Bernard Shaw - Shaw began writing Man and Superman in 1901 and determined to write a play that would encapsulate the new century's intellectual inheritance....

Heartbreak House Bernard Shaw - This vintage book contains George Bernard Shaw's 1919 play, "Heartbreak House: A Fantasia in the Russian Manner on English Themes". Ellie Dunn, her father, and her fiancé...

Caesar and Cleopatra Bernard Shaw - Caesar and Cleopatra is a play written in 1898 by George Bernard Shaw that depicts a fictionalized account of the relationship between Julius Caesar and Cleopatra....

Arms and the Man Bernard Shaw - Arms and the Man is a comedy by George Bernard Shaw, whose title comes from the opening words of Virgil's Aeneid, in Latin: Arma virumque cano ("Of arms and the man I sing").The...

Major Barbara Bernard Shaw - Fabian socialist and ardent proselytizer, George Bernard Shaw viewed his role as a playwright as far more than that of an entertainer. His audiences heard fully articulated...

Helden Bernard Shaw - Helden von Gerge Bernhard Shaw demontiert in höchst vergnüglicher Weise die (Pseudo-) Helden des Krieges. - Am Ende gewinnt der ehrliche, gar nicht heldenhafte Schweizer die schöne...

Der Amateursozialist: Roman Bernard Shaw - "Der Amateur-Sozialist" ist ein 1883 erschienener Roman des irischen Schriftstellers George Bernard Shaw. Der Originaltitel lautet "An Unsocial Socialist".George...

Candida: Ein Mysterium in drei Akten Bernard Shaw - Candida, eine Komödie des Dramatikers George Bernard Shaw, wurde 1894 geschrieben und erstmals 1898 als Teil seiner Plays Pleasant veröffentlicht. Die...

Der Mann des Schicksals: Komödie in einem Akt Bernard Shaw - Die Erkenntnis irgendeines schrecklichen, gänzlich unerwarteten Irrtums hat sie jäh erschreckt, inmitten ihrer ruhigen Sicherheit und Siegesgewißheit....

Mrs. Warren's Profession Bernard Shaw - Mrs. Warren's Profession is a play written by George Bernard Shaw in 1893, and first performed in London in 1902.Act I takes place in the countryside town of Haslemere,...

Candida Bernard Shaw - Candida, a comedy by playwright George Bernard Shaw, was written in 1894 and first published in 1898, as part of his Plays Pleasant. The central characters are clergyman James Morell,...

Though Pygmalion, legendary figure of Cyprus, is the Greek version of the Phoenician royal name Pumayyaton, he is most familiar from Ovid's narrative poem Metamorphoses, in which Pygmalion was a sculptor...

The selected correspondence of Bernard Shaw relating to the play Widowers' Houses contains 160 letters and entries written between 1885 and 1933. This publication from a revised edition Plays: Pleasant...

This Collected Works contains: An Unsocial Socialist Androcles and the Lion Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress Arms and the Man Augustus Does His Bit: A True-to-Life Farce Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological...

Hormis Pygmalion, dans sa version cinématographique My Fair Lady, l’œuvre de Bernard Shaw est aujourd’hui presque complètement inconnue du public français. Parmi les mélomanes, rares sont ceux qui ont...

1928 : en Grande-Bretagne, les femmes sont autorisées à voter dès 21 ans. Des millions d’entre elles rejoignent le corps électoral, mais il faut encore les former aux idées politiques. À qui donner sa...

George Bernard Shaw est un critique musical, dramaturge, essayiste, auteur de pièces de théâtre et scénariste irlandais. Acerbe et provocateur, pacifiste et anticonformiste, il obtient le prix Nobel de...

300 citations des grands artistes du XXe siècle

500 citations d'humour

In "Mevr. Warren's Bedrijf" verkent Bernard Shaw de morele en sociale implicaties van het prostitutiestelsel in het Victoriaanse tijdperk. Het verhaal volgt de dynamische relatie tussen Helen Warren,...

In "Pen Portraits and Reviews," George Bernard Shaw presents a captivating assemblage of his critiques, essays, and portraits that illuminate the literary and cultural landscape of his time. Shaw's writing...

In "Maxims for Revolutionists," George Bernard Shaw presents a provocative collection of aphorisms that reflect his sharp wit and keen social critique. This literary work encompasses a diverse array of...

Bernard Shaw'n romaanissa "Herra Byronin ammatti" tarkastellaan syvällisesti luovuutta, identiteettiä ja taiteilijan olemusta. Shaw yhdistelee terävää huumoria ja aristoteelis-journalistista kerrontaa,...

Mevr. Warren's Bedrijf is een krachtig sociaal drama geschreven door Bernard Shaw in 1893, dat de morele en ethische implicaties van prostitutie onderzoekt. De plot volgt de complexe relatie tussen Vivie...

Bernard Shaw's 'Pen Portraits and Reviews' offers a captivating collection of his candid literary critiques and insightful character sketches. Known for his bold opinions and sharp wit, Shaw's writing...

The selected correspondence of Bernard Shaw relating to the play Pygmalion contains 272 letters and entries, written between 1896 and 1950, and edited by a leading contemporary Shavian Vitaly Baziyan....

The selected correspondence of Bernard Shaw relating to the play Major Barbara contains 178 letters and entries, written between 1891 and 1950. This publication from "John Bull's Other Island and Major...

The selected correspondence of Bernard Shaw relating to the play How He Lied to Her Husband contains 32 letters and entries, written between 1898 and 1949. The book represents a significant addition to...

The selected correspondence of Bernard Shaw relating to the play Candida contains 249 letters and entries, written between 1889 and 1950. The book represents a significant addition to modern-day understanding...

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“At once a scholar’s homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art by an incredibly talented new novelist….A book I could not put down.”—Ann Patchett“Mary Renault lives again!” declares Emma...

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When the owner of the local flower shop in Rome, Kentucky, makes a questionable agreement with a tattooed bad boy, a delightful friends-to-lovers romance begins to bloom - from the author of When in Rome...

My plan was perfect. My friend needed a date, and my brother's best friend was single. Problem solved.Until I saw Jaeger for the first time in years, and sparks flew in the wrong direction.Jaeger has...

A forbidden, secret affair proves that all's fair in love and science - from Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Ali Hazelwood. Rue Siebert might not have it all, but she has enough: a...

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Sethe is now miles away from Sweet Home, the farm where she was kept as a slave.Unable to forget the unspeakable horrors that took place there, she is haunted by the violent spectre of her dead child,...

Look for The Land of Sweet Forever, a posthumous collection of newly discovered short stories and previously published essays and magazine pieces by Harper Lee, coming October 21, 2025.Voted America's...

2 March 1810 . . . Today, I fell in love.At the age of ten, Miranda Cheever showed no signs of Great Beauty. And even at ten, Miranda learned to accept the expectations society held for her—until the...

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