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Heartbreak House

by Bernard Shaw
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Overview

One of the distinguished comic dramatist's more somber plays, this entertaining allegory examines apathy, confusion and lack of purpose as causes of major world problems, with larger-than-life characters representing the evils of the modern world.

Revealing Shaw in all his many guises--playwright of ideas, master of comedy, maker of epigrams, teacher, critic, philosopher, poet--this novel is a devastating commentary on World War I and a scathing portrait of British upper-class life. The play presents a world of moral and spiritual blight. Reprint.

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Book Details

Published
December 1, 1980
Publisher
Facsimiles-Garl
Pages
211
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780824045852

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