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Man and Superman A Comedy and Philosophy

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ISBN-10: 0140480064

ISBN-13: 9780140480061

Edition: 1946

Authors: George Bernard Shaw

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lsquo;A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earthrsquo; After the death of her father, Ann Whitefield becomes the joint ward of two men: the respectable Roebuck Ramsden and John Tanner, author of lsquo;The Revolutionistrsquo;s Handbookrsquo;. Believing marriage would prevent him from achieving his higher intellectual and political ambitions, Tanner is horrified to discover that Ann intends to marry him, and flees to Spain with the determined young woman in hot pursuit. The chase even leads them to the underworld, where the charactersrsquo; alter egos discuss questions of human nature and philosophy in a lively debate in a scene often performed separately…    
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Book details

List price: $2.95
Copyright year: 1946
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 6/30/1950
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 1
Size: 1.00" wide x 1.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Renowned literary genius George Bernard Shaw was born on July 26, 1856 in Dublin, Ireland. He later moved to London and educated himself at the British Museum while several of his novels were published in small socialist magazines. Shaw later became a music critic for the Star and for the World. He was a drama critic for the Saturday Review and later began to have some of his early plays produced. Shaw wrote the plays Man and Superman, Major Barbara, and Pygmalion, which was later adapted as My Fair Lady in both the musical and film form. He also transformed his works into screenplays for Saint Joan, How He Lied to Her Husband, Arms and the Man, Pygmalion, and Major Barbara. Shaw won the…