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Best-Loved Bernard Shaw

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ISBN: 9781788490535
AuthorRoche, Anthony
Pub Date18/10/2021
BindingHardback
Pages128
CountryIRL
Dewey822.912
SeriesBest-Loved Irish Writers
Publisher: O'Brien Press Ltd
Quick overview An attractive & approachable selection of the work of Bernard Shaw, one of the most remarkable people of the 20th century. His steely self-determination turned the conviction that he would become a great writer into reality. With extracts from his plays, essays and personal letters.
€14.99

An attractive and approachable selection of the work of George Bernard Shaw.



One of the most remarkable writers of the 20th century, Shaw contributed in a range of ways to both political and social writings as well as creating great works of literature. Shaw is one of only two people to have won both an Academy Award and a Nobel Prize for Literature.



Shaw started from the most unpropitious of beginnings. But he possessed a steely self-determination, and turned the unshakeable conviction that he would become a great writer into a self-fulfilling prophecy. This book features selections and extracts from his plays, essays and personal letters.



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Product description

An attractive and approachable selection of the work of George Bernard Shaw.



One of the most remarkable writers of the 20th century, Shaw contributed in a range of ways to both political and social writings as well as creating great works of literature. Shaw is one of only two people to have won both an Academy Award and a Nobel Prize for Literature.



Shaw started from the most unpropitious of beginnings. But he possessed a steely self-determination, and turned the unshakeable conviction that he would become a great writer into a self-fulfilling prophecy. This book features selections and extracts from his plays, essays and personal letters.



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