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George Bernard Shaw

Born

in Dublin, Ireland

July 26, 1856

Died

November 02, 1950

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Theater

Influences

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George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright, socialist, and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama. Over the course of his life he wrote more than 60 plays. Nearly all his plays address prevailing social problems, but each also includes a vein of comedy that makes their stark themes more palatable. In these works Shaw examined education, marriage, religion, government, health care, and class privilege.

An ardent socialist, Shaw was angered by what he perceived to be the exploitation of the working class. He wrote many brochures and speeches for the Fabian Societ ...more

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George Bernard Shaw’s books

Average rating: 3.89 · 192,125 ratings · 7,013 reviews · 1,536 distinct works • Similar authors

	Pygmalion 3.89 avg rating — 99,821 ratings — published 1914 — 3709 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pygmalion and Three Other Plays by George Bernard Shaw, John A. Bertolini (Introduction) 4.04 avg rating — 18,046 ratings — published 2004 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pygmalion / My Fair Lady by George Bernard Shaw, Alan Jay Lerner 4.26 avg rating — 15,630 ratings — published 1956 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Arms And The Man 3.83 avg rating — 10,496 ratings — published 1898 — 346 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saint Joan 3.76 avg rating — 8,967 ratings — published 1923 — 1332 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Major Barbara 3.66 avg rating — 7,149 ratings — published 1905 — 478 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mrs. Warren's Profession 3.67 avg rating — 5,906 ratings — published 1898 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw, Stanley Weintraub (Introduction), Dan H. Laurence (Editor) 3.86 avg rating — 4,286 ratings — published 1903 — 1105 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Candida by George Bernard Shaw, Peter Gahan (Introduction) 3.64 avg rating — 2,485 ratings — published 1934 — 911 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw, David Hare (Introduction), Dan H. Laurence (Editor) 3.74 avg rating — 2,362 ratings — published 1919 — 234 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by George Bernard Shaw (?)

“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
― George Bernard Shaw

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“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”
― George Bernard Shaw

tags: art, life

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“Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.”
― George Bernard Shaw

tags: books, children

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Voting is now open for our theme read for July - British Literature. Voting will stay open until
June 15th, 2019 and the winning book will be announced on June 16th, 2019.

The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy

3 votes, 18.8%

Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

3 votes, 18.8%

A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

2 votes, 12.5%

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

2 votes, 12.5%

The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan

2 votes, 12.5%

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

1 vote, 6.3%

The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare

1 vote, 6.3%

Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding

1 vote, 6.3%

Summer Lightning by P.G. Wodehouse

1 vote, 6.3%

Kim by Rudyard Kipling

0 votes, 0.0%

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