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Heartbreak House
[Paperback - 2001]
george bernard shaw
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Category: Literature
Sub-category: Drama
Additional Category: Classics
Publisher: Penguin Modern Classics Uk | ISBN: 9780140437874 | Pages: 176
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When Ellie Dunn joins a house-party at the home of the eccentric Captain Shotover, she causes a stir with her decision to marry for money rather than love, and the Captain s forthright daughter Hesione protests vigorously against the pragmatic young woman s choice. Opinion on the matter quickly divides and a lively argument about money and morality, idealism and realism ensues as Hesione s rakish husband, snobbish sister and Ellie s fiance - a wealthy industrialist - enter the debate. Written between 1916 and 1917 as war raged across Europe, Heartbreak House is a telling indictment of the generation responsible for the First World War. With its bold combination of high farce and bitter tragedy, Shaw s play remains an uncannily prophetic depiction of a society on the threshold of an abrupt awakening.

About the Author

Dublin-born George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was an active Socialist and a brilliant platform speaker. He was strongly critical of London theatre and closely associated with the intellectual revival of British drama.


Dan H. Laurence has edited Shaw s Collected Letters and Collected Plays with their Prefaces. He was Literary Advisor to the Shaw Estate until his retirement in 1990.
David Hare is an internationally-renowned playwright. Works include Plenty, The Judas Kiss, and The Blue Room.

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