Candida centers on a romantic triangle and parodies courtly love and the domestic drama of Ibsen. It abounds with classical allusions, the f...
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Feb 21, 2010
Keely
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Chekhov wrote his realist stories between drinks at social parties, taking inspiration from the characters around him to create a world of small, short-sighted people who seem real to us through a combination of meanness and absurdity. They are dull enough to have the problems of a normal person, but eccentric enough to come off as individuals instead of simply mouthpieces or archetypes.
Shaw sometimes works along the same lines, but his sense of the absurd is much grander, and will n More...
Shaw sometimes works along the same lines, but his sense of the absurd is much grander, and will n More...
Jan 07, 2012
Ramona
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I cannot help myself but love this story. At first, it quite annoyed me and I was a little bit scared by its following. I thought, in some or another sequence, that it will end like Ibsen's piece of work. And I got scared because, however, I didn't want Candida to be separated from the lovely Morell.He was, for me, the only agreeable and dear character from this story and I have quite fancied with him - even though I cannot find a serious More...
I cannot help myself but love this story. At first, it quite annoyed me and I was a little bit scared by its following. I thought, in some or another sequence, that it will end like Ibsen's piece of work. And I got scared because, however, I didn't want Candida to be separated from the lovely Morell.He was, for me, the only agreeable and dear character from this story and I have quite fancied with him - even though I cannot find a serious More...
May 22, 2009
mizuki
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Jun 20, 2011
Matthew
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I have been aware of Bernard Shaw for quite a long time but, for one reason or another, I have never got around to reading or watching one of his plays. However, that all changed as I read Candida (122 pages).
The story centres around a situation that has been around as long as story telling has (that’s just an educated estimation!); two men fighting over one woman. The woman in question is Candida and the two men are Reverend James Morrell More...
I have been aware of Bernard Shaw for quite a long time but, for one reason or another, I have never got around to reading or watching one of his plays. However, that all changed as I read Candida (122 pages).
The story centres around a situation that has been around as long as story telling has (that’s just an educated estimation!); two men fighting over one woman. The woman in question is Candida and the two men are Reverend James Morrell More...
Jul 31, 2011
Connie
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Being an admirer of Bernard Shaw's witticisms in his social commentary plays like Pygmalion, Apple Cart, Man and Superman and Saint Joan, I was pleasantly surprised to find this heart-warming, whimsical turn by Mr Sarcastic himself. As the parson and the eighteen-year-old poet crossed swords I felt myself troubled by the tense situations (unlike his more famous plays where one can appreciate the comedy in the fast dialogue) and when Candida spoke I felt myself calm down. How is it that Bernard S
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Jul 14, 2009
Paul
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Candidia is the free spirit wife of a minister totally devoted to the social gospel, but she would gladly be the lover of a local younger poet who is devoted to her. But would she stay? Written for a society that was devoted to marriage, Shaw gives us a marriage that is anything but conventional and yet somehow works. One can really see the influence of Ibsen on this play, especially in the character of Candidia, she is Nora from the Doll's House who somehow marries again, only this time she
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Jul 17, 2008
Jason
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(Reprinted from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography [cclapcenter.com]. I am the original author of this essay, as well as the owner of CCLaP; it is not being reprinted here illegally.)
The CCLaP 100: In which I read a hundred so-called "classics" for the first time, then write reports on whether they deserve the label
Book #19: Candida, by George Bernard Shaw (1898)
The story in a nutshell:
As one of many "comedies of manners" More...
The CCLaP 100: In which I read a hundred so-called "classics" for the first time, then write reports on whether they deserve the label
Book #19: Candida, by George Bernard Shaw (1898)
The story in a nutshell:
As one of many "comedies of manners" More...
Nov 24, 2011
Angélique
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3 1/2 Stars. I definitely enjoyed this play more than the previous Shaw play I read. Although I still didn't feel a deep affinity for any of the characters, I found them on the whole much more intriguing and as a whole more likeable. The plot unexpectedly excited me so that I eagerly pressed towards the ending. I look forward to diving deeper into the meaning of this play.
Sep 15, 2009
John
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The only Bernard Shaw play that I have seen in person, this was a delight to read. During the actual play itself, some of the dialogue and settings passed me by at too rapid a pace to savor and take in. Witty repartees and a tight fast moving plot make this play memorable, even in written, not acted form.
Mar 22, 2009
Chris
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Good, but not great. This play is surprisingly shallow for Shaw. It is a nice story about loving relationships, but only one of the characters is challenged in any way and the whole play feels a little slight.
I guess I was just expecting more.
I guess I was just expecting more.
Dec 21, 2008
Ed
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An established couple is forced to reavaluate their love. Interesting that, as a drama, the author's descriptions of what the characters are feeling often come from stage directions and non-spoken descriptions.
Apr 20, 2009
CCLap verdict: not a classic. Although George Bernard Shaw himself is a great figure of the literary arts, only one to win both a Nobel and an Oscar, etc.. etc..
May 04, 2010
Bettie
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Dec 17, 2009
Maiken
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Candida is an extraordinary literary figure. An incredibly progressive woman; charming, motherly, intelligent, affectionate and not afraid to ask for what she wants. And what she wants is not typical.
Mar 28, 2008
dead letter office
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the book that ended my short-lived relationship with george bernard shaw.
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