Bøker av Bernard Shaw

Major Barbara is one of Shaw's most serious and important plays. The story of the contest between the arms manufacturer Andrew Undershaft and his daughter, the Salvation Army Major Barbara , is a provocative discussion between money, power and moral purpose. This authoritative student edition will guide exams and essay writing.

A collection of letters from around the globe written to George Bernard Shaw together with his unpredictable and witty replies - to such requests as marriage proposals and pleas for advice on troubles both serious and ridiculous.

L.W. Conolly's new edition of one of Shaw's most controversial plays restores an early final act of the play removed from all previous published versions.

Published in 1928 when Shaw was seventy-two, this book draws on decades of political activity and remains one of his brilliant exercises in propaganda. It contains a foreword by Polly Toynbee. Ramsay MacDonald, Labour leader, hailed the work as the world's most important book since the Bible

Arms and the Man has proved to one of Shaw's most popular plays, challenging notions of romance, bravery, cowardice, patriotism, and loyalty. This is a fresh, up to date and accessibly written critical edition for literature and drama students.

Pygmalion is one of Shaw's most accessible and entertaining plays; its characters-Professor Higgins and his pupil Eliza Doolittle have become household names. An authoritative student guide with a wealth of information to support exams and essays, written by leading Shaw scholar and advisor to the Shaw Estate, Len Connolly.

This is a fresh, up to date and accessibly written critical edition for literature and drama students. An authoritative and academically rigorous edition, edited by leading Cambridge scholar, Jean Chothia, under the guidance of the advisor to the Shaw Estate and international Shaw expert, Len Connolly.

One of Bernard Shaw's greatest plays, Mrs Warren's Profession raises issues about class struggle, generational differences, the past, and female hardship through the exploration of a mother and daughter relationship put under enormous strain.

Part of a series of GCSE literature texts, this volume includes an introduction, pre-reading activities, notes and coursework activities. Also provided is a section on the process of writing.

"You see this creature with her kerbstone English... Well sir, in three months I could pass that girl off as a duchess..." So begins Henry Higgins' linguistic project to transform Eliza Dolittle's speech. But he hadn't bargained on Eliza's feisty character or falling in love with her...