Heartbreak House: A Fantasia in the Russian Manner on English Themes

George Bernard Shaw

The Floating Press, Jan 1, 2009 - Drama - 275 pages

Written in 1919, George Bernard Shaw's Heartbreak House is equal parts tragedy and comedy. Centering on a dinner party, held as Europe teeters on the brink of the First World War; Shaw's play is as much about the inexorable drift of the British gentry toward catastrophe as it is about the love triangle that seems to take centre stage.

Contents

• Heartbreak House and Horseback Hall: 4
• Heartbreak House: 63
• Act I: 64
• Act II: 145
• Act III: 233

About the author

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 Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925. George Bernard Shaw died on November 2, 1950 at Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Heartbreak House: A Fantasia in the Russian Manner on English Themes
• Author: George Bernard Shaw
• Publisher: The Floating Press, 2009
• ISBN: 1877527718, 9781877527715
• Length: 275 pages
• Subjects: Drama / General