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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: 3.88 · 208,028 ratings · 8,595 reviews · 1,927 distinct works • Similar authors

	Pygmalion 3.89 avg rating — 108,868 ratings — published 1913 — 2584 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 — 18,204 ratings — published 2004 — 13 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 — 15,681 ratings — published 1956 — 22 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 3.84 avg rating — 11,194 ratings — published 1898 — 764 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 3.78 avg rating — 9,562 ratings — published 1923 — 1228 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 — 7,256 ratings — published 1905 — 515 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 — 6,734 ratings — published 1898 — 471 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) 3.85 avg rating — 4,684 ratings — published 1903 — 868 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) 3.68 avg rating — 3,048 ratings — published 1898 — 351 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) 3.75 avg rating — 2,754 ratings — published 1919 — 109 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

tags: inspirational, life, yourself

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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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Polls

February 2016 Monthly Short Story Poll

1942, The Stranger by Albert Camus, 123 pages

27 votes, 18.8%

1915, The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka, 98 pages

22 votes, 15.3%

1945, Animal Farm by George Orwell, 102 pages

20 votes, 13.9%

1952, Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, 109 pages

17 votes, 11.8%

1937, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, 103 pages

16 votes, 11.1%

1995, Morning in the Burned House by Margaret Atwood, 127 pages

9 votes, 6.3%

1871, Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, 108 pages

7 votes, 4.9%

1936, Double Indemnity by James M. Cain, 115 pages

7 votes, 4.9%

1894, A Respectable Woman by Kate Chopin, 26 pages

6 votes, 4.2%

1960, Dreamtigers by Jorge Luis Borges, 96 pages

6 votes, 4.2%

1912, Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw, 96 pages

5 votes, 3.5%

1922, The Case of the Registered Letter by Auguste Groner, 64 pages

2 votes, 1.4%

144 total votes

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