The Irrational Knot - Shaw, George Bernard
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The Irrational Knot is a novel written by the renowned Irish playwright and writer, George Bernard Shaw. The book is a social satire that explores the themes of marriage, love, and class in Victorian England. The story revolves around the lives of two young couples, the wealthy and aristocratic Henry and Blanche, and the lower-class Jack and Jane. The two couples are brought together by a mutual acquaintance, the idealistic and unconventional Dr. Richard Dudgeon. As the story unfolds, the characters find themselves entangled in a web of social conventions and expectations, leading to a series…mehr

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The Irrational Knot is a novel written by the renowned Irish playwright and writer, George Bernard Shaw. The book is a social satire that explores the themes of marriage, love, and class in Victorian England. The story revolves around the lives of two young couples, the wealthy and aristocratic Henry and Blanche, and the lower-class Jack and Jane. The two couples are brought together by a mutual acquaintance, the idealistic and unconventional Dr. Richard Dudgeon. As the story unfolds, the characters find themselves entangled in a web of social conventions and expectations, leading to a series of misunderstandings and conflicts.Through his sharp wit and clever dialogue, Shaw exposes the hypocrisy and irrationality of Victorian society, particularly its rigid class system and attitudes towards marriage and love. The novel also explores the tension between reason and emotion, as the characters struggle to reconcile their own desires and beliefs with the expectations of society.Overall, The Irrational Knot is a thought-provoking and entertaining novel that offers a biting critique of Victorian society and its values. Shaw's unique style and perspective make this book a must-read for anyone interested in the history and culture of this fascinating era.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 - 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1912) and Saint Joan(1923). With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in Dublin, Shaw moved to London in 1876, where he struggled to establish himself as a writer and novelist, and embarked on a rigorous process of self-education. By the mid-1880s he had become a respected theatre and music critic. Following a political awakening, he joined the gradualist Fabian Society and became its most prominent pamphleteer. Shaw had been writing plays for years before his first public success, Arms and the Man in 1894. Influenced by Henrik Ibsen, he sought to introduce a new realism into English-language drama, using his plays as vehicles to disseminate his political, social and religious ideas. By the early twentieth century his reputation as a dramatist was secured with a series of critical and popular successes that included Major Barbara, The Doctor's Dilemma and Caesar and Cleopatra. Shaw's expressed views were often contentious; he promoted eugenics and alphabet reform, and opposed vaccination and organised religion. He courted unpopularity by denouncing both sides in the First World War as equally culpable, and although not a republican, castigated British policy on Ireland in the postwar period. These stances had no lasting effect on his standing or productivity as a dramatist; the inter-war years saw a series of often ambitious plays, which achieved varying degrees of popular success. In 1938 he provided the screenplay for a filmed version of Pygmalion for which he received an Academy Award. His appetite for politics and controversy remained undiminished; by the late 1920s he had largely renounced Fabian Society gradualism and often wrote and spoke favourably of dictatorships of the right and left-he expressed admiration for both Mussolini and Stalin. In the final decade of his life he made fewer public statements, but continued to write prolifically until shortly before his death, aged ninety-four, having refused all state honours, including the Order of Merit in 1946. Since Shaw's death scholarly and critical opinion about his works has varied, but he has regularly been rated among British dramatists as second only to Shakespeare; analysts recognise his extensive influence on generations of English-language playwrights. The word Shavian has entered the language as encapsulating Shaw's ideas and his means of expressing them.