A wealthy gentleman disguises himself as a vulgar workingman to hide from his wife. Not only is she too affectionate, but he needs the freedom to promote socialism. The second of Shaw’s five novels, written in 1883 and published in 1887, also involves comic antics at an all-girl’s school.
About the author
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) wrote articles, novels, short stories, and more than sixty iconoclastic plays, including Mrs Warren’s Profession, Caesar and Cleopatra, Pygmalion, and many others. His works challenged assumptions about marriage, religion, and politics. A co-founder of the London School of Economics, he was part of the Fabian Society. He is the only person to have won both an Oscar and the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 388 ● ISBN 9781411451834 ● File size 0.4 MB ● Age 99-17 years ● Publisher Barnes & Noble ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 8513807 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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