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Index
Title page
COPYRIGHT
The Novels
IMMATURITY
CONTENTS
PREFACE
BOOK THE FIRST. ISLINGTON
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
BOOK THE SECOND. AESTHETICS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
BOOK THE THIRD. COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
BOOK THE FOURTH. FLIRTATION
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
EPILOGUE
THE IRRATIONAL KNOT
CONTENTS
PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION OF 1905
BOOK I
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
BOOK II
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
BOOK III
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
BOOK IV
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
LOVE AMONG THE ARTISTS
CONTENTS
The Author to the Reader
Book I
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Chapter XII
Chapter XIII
Chapter XIV
Book II
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
CASHEL BYRON’S PROFESSION
CONTENTS
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
AN UNSOCIAL SOCIALIST
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
APPENDIX
The Short Stories
SHORT STORIES, SCRAPS AND SHAVINGS
CONTENTS
AERIAL FOOTBALL: THE NEW GAME
THE EMPEROR AND THE LITTLE GIRL
THE MIRACULOUS REVENGE
THE THEATRE OF THE FUTURE
A DRESSING ROOM SECRET
DON GIOVANNI EXPLAINS
BEAUTY’S DUTY
STILL AFTER THE DOLL’S HOUSE
THE AUTHOR’S APOLOGY
STILL AFTER THE DOLL’S HOUSE
A GLIMPSE OF THE DOMESTICITY OF FRANKLYN BARNABAS
DEATH OF AN OLD REVOLUTIONARY HERO
THE SERENADE
A SUNDAY ON THE SURREY HILLS
CANNONFODDER
THE ADVENTURES OF THE BLACK GIRL IN HER SEARCH FOR GOD
The Plays
PASSION PLAY
CONTENTS
ACT I
ACT II
UN PETIT DRAME
THE CASSONE
WIDOWERS’ HOUSES
CONTENTS
Act I
Act II
Act III
THE PHILANDERER
CONTENTS
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
MRS. WARREN’S PROFESSION
CONTENTS
THE AUTHOR’S APOLOGY
MRS WARREN’S PROFESSION
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
ARMS AND THE MAN
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
CANDIDA
CONTENTS
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
THE MAN OF DESTINY
YOU NEVER CAN TELL
CONTENTS
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
THE DEVIL’S DISCIPLE
CONTENTS
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
NOTES TO THE DEVIL’S DISCIPLE
THE GADFLY
CONTENTS
ACT I.
ACT II.
ACT III.
ACT IV.
CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA
CONTENTS
PROLOGUE
AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE PROLOGUE
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
ACT V
NOTES TO CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA
CAPTAIN BRASSBOUND’S CONVERSION
CONTENTS
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
NOTES TO CAPTAIN BRASSBOUND’S CONVERSION
THE ADMIRABLE BASHVILLE, OR CONSTANCY UNREWARDED
CONTENTS
PREFACE
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
NOTE ON MODERN PRIZEFIGHTING
MAN AND SUPERMAN
CONTENTS
EPISTLE DEDICATORY TO ARTHUR BINGHAM WALKLEY
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
JOHN BULL’S OTHER ISLAND
CONTENTS
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
HOW HE LIED TO HER HUSBAND
CONTENTS
PREFACE
HOW HE LIED TO HER HUSBAND
MAJOR BARBARA
CONTENTS
PREFACE TO MAJOR BARBARA: FIRST AID TO CRITICS
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
PASSION, POISON, AND PETRIFACTION
THE DOCTOR’S DILEMMA
CONTENTS
PREFACE
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
ACT V
THE INTERLUDE AT THE PLAYHOUSE
GETTING MARRIED
CONTENTS
PREFACE TO GETTING MARRIED
GETTING MARRIED
THE SHEWING-UP OF BLANCO POSNET
CONTENTS
PREFACE
THE SHEWING-UP OF BLANCO POSNET
PRESS CUTTINGS
FASCINATING FOUNDLING: DISGRACE TO THE AUTHOR
THE GLIMPSE OF REALITY
SUGGESTED ACT III ENDING FOR BARKER’S ‘THE MADRAS HOUSE’
MISALLIANCE
CONTENTS
PREFACE: PARENTS AND CHILDREN
MISALLIANCE
THE DARK LADY OF THE SONNETS
CONTENTS
PREFACE TO THE DARK LADY OF THE SONNETS
THE DARK LADY OF THE SONNETS
FANNY’S FIRST PLAY
CONTENTS
PREFACE TO FANNY’S FIRST PLAY
INDUCTION
THE PLAY
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
EPILOGUE
ANDROCLES AND THE LION
CONTENTS
PREFACE ON THE PROSPECTS OF CHRISTIANITY
PROLOGUE
ACT I
ACT II
OVERRULED: A DEMONSTRATION
CONTENTS
PREFACE TO OVERRULED.
OVERRULED.
BEAUTY’S DUTY
PYGMALION
CONTENTS
PREFACE TO PYGMALION.
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
ACT V
SEQUEL: WHAT HAPPENED AFTERWARDS
GREAT CATHERINE
CONTENTS
THE AUTHOR’S APOLOGY FOR GREAT CATHERINE
THE FIRST SCENE
THE SECOND SCENE
THE THIRD SCENE
THE FOURTH SCENE
THE MUSIC CURE
O’FLAHERTY, V. C.
THE INCA OF PERUSALEM
CONTENTS
PROLOGUE
THE PLAY
AUGUSTUS DOES HIS BIT
GLASTONBURY SKIT
MACBETH SKIT
SKIT FOR THE TIPTAFT REVUE
ANNAJANSKA, THE BOLSHEVIK EMPRESS
HEARTBREAK HOUSE
CONTENTS
HEARTBREAK HOUSE AND HORSEBACK HALL
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
BACK TO METHUSELAH: A METABIOLOGICAL PENTATEUCH
CONTENTS
PART I. In the Beginning
ACT I
ACT II
PART II. The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas
PART III. The Thing Happens
PART IV. Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
THE WAR INDEMNITIES
JITTA’S ATONEMENT
CONTENTS
TRANSLATOR’S NOTE
ACT I.
ACT II
ACT III
SAINT JOAN
CONTENTS
PREFACE
SCENE I
SCENE II
SCENE III
SCENE IV
SCENE V
SCENE VI
EPILOGUE
THE YAHOOS
THE APPLE CART
CONTENTS
PREFACE
ACT I
AN INTERLUDE
ACT II
Mr Shaw Replies to His Critics
A Walk and a Talk with Mr Shaw
Bernard Shaw’s Denial
Mr Shaw and Democracy
The Apple-Cart Again
TOO TRUE TO BE GOOD
CONTENTS
PREFACE
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
VILLAGE WOOING
CONTENTS
FIRST CONVERSATION
SECOND CONVERSATION
THIRD CONVERSATION
ON THE ROCKS
CONTENTS
PREFACE
ACT I
ACT II
Shaw Answers Some Questions
THE GARDEN OF THE HESPERIDES
THE GIRL WITH THE GOLDEN VOICE
THE SIMPLETON OF THE UNEXPECTED ISLES
CONTENTS
Preface on Days of Judgment
PROLOGUE
SCENE I
SCENE II
SCENE III
ACT I
ACT II
The Simple Truth of the Matter
THE SIX OF CALAIS
CONTENTS
Prefatory Note
THE SIX OF CALAIS
Author’s Note
THE MILLIONAIRESS
CONTENTS
PREFACE ON BOSSES
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
ARTHUR AND THE ACETONE
SEQUENCE FOR THE KING’S PEOPLE
CYMBELINE REFINISHED
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
ACT V
GENEVA
CONTENTS
PREFACE
GENEVA
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
Author’s Note
New Shaw Play and Germany
For the Press
Telescoping “Geneva”
Further Meditations on Shaw’s “Geneva” by Shaw
IN GOOD KING CHARLES’S GOLDEN DAYS
CONTENTS
PREFACE
ACT I
ACT II
A NEW ENDING FOR CLEMENCE DANE’S ‘COUSIN MURIEL’
THE BRITISH PARTY SYSTEM
SEQUENCE FOR A PAGEANT OF PLAYS AND PLAYERS
BUOYANT BILLIONS
CONTENTS
PREFACE
ACT I. THE WORLD BETTERER
ACT II. THE ADVENTURE
ACT III. THE DISCUSSION
ACT IV. THE END
The Author Explains
FARFETCHED FABLES
CONTENTS
PREFACE
FIRST FABLE
SECOND FABLE
THIRD FABLE
FOURTH FABLE
FIFTH FABLE
SIXTH AND LAST FABLE
SHAKES VERSUS SHAV
WHY SHE WOULD NOT
CONTENTS
SCENE I
SCENE II
SCENE III
SCENE IV
SCENE V
JESUS-PILATE SCENE
The Non-Fiction
THE PERFECT WAGNERITE
PREFACE TO THE FIRST GERMAN EDITION
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
PRELIMINARY ENCOURAGEMENTS
THE RING OF THE NIBLUNGS
THE RHINE GOLD
WAGNER AS REVOLUTIONIST
THE VALKYRIES
SIEGFRIED
BACK TO OPERA AGAIN
SIEGFRIED AS PROTESTANT
PANACEA QUACKERY, OTHERWISE IDEALISM
DRAMATIC ORIGIN OF WOTAN
THE LOVE PANACEA
NOT LOVE, BUT LIFE
ANARCHISM NO PANACEA
SIEGFRIED CONCLUDED
NIGHT FALLS ON THE GODS
PROLOGUE
A WAGNERIAN NEWSPAPER CONTROVERSY
FORGOTTEN ERE FINISHED
WHY HE CHANGED HIS MIND
WAGNER’S OWN EXPLANATION
THE PESSIMIST AS AMORIST
THE MUSIC OF THE RING
THE REPRESENTATIVE THEMES
THE CHARACTERIZATION
THE OLD AND THE NEW MUSIC
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
THE MUSIC OF THE FUTURE
BAYREUTH
BAYREUTH IN ENGLAND
WAGNERIAN SINGERS
QUINTESSENCE OF IBSENISM
CONTENTS
PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION
PREFACE: 1913
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
THE TWO PIONEERS
IDEALS AND IDEALISTS
THE WOMANLY WOMAN
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ANTI-IDEALIST: EXTRAVAGANZAS
BRAND, 1866
PEER GYNT, 1867
EMPEROR AND GALILEAN, 1873
THE OBJECTIVE ANTI-IDEALIST PLAYS
THE LEAGUE OF YOUTH, 1869
PILLARS OF SOCIETY, 1877
A DOLL’S HOUSE, 1879
GHOSTS, 1881
DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PLAY
DESCRIPTIONS OF IBSEN
DESCRIPTIONS OF IBSEN’S ADMIRERS
AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, 1882
THE WILD DUCK, 1884
ROSMERSHOLM, 1886
THE LADY FROM THE SEA, 1888
HEDDA GABLER, 1890
THE LAST FOUR PLAYS
DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN
THE MASTER BUILDER, 1892
LITTLE EYOLF, 1894
JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN, 1896
WHEN WE DEAD AWAKEN, 1900
THE LESSON OF THE PLAYS
WHAT IS THE NEW ELEMENT IN THE NORWEGIAN SCHOOL?
THE TECHNICAL NOVELTY IN IBSEN’S PLAYS
NEEDED: AN IBSEN THEATRE
THE IMPOSSIBILITIES OF ANARCHISM
Anarchists and Socialists.
Individualist Anarchism.
Communist Anarchism.
Democracy.
The Anarchist Spirit.
THE REVOLUTIONIST’S HANDBOOK AND POCKET COMPANION
PREFACE TO THE REVOLUTIONIST’S HANDBOOK
FOREWORD
AND YET
I. ON GOOD BREEDING
II. PROPERTY AND MARRIAGE
III. THE PERFECTIONIST EXPERIMENT AT ONEIDA CREEK
IV. MAN’S OBJECTION TO HIS OWN IMPROVEMENT
V. THE POLITICAL NEED FOR THE SUPERMAN
VI. PRUDERY EXPLAINED
VII. PROGRESS AN ILLUSION
VIII. THE CONCEIT OF CIVILIZATION
IX. THE VERDICT OF HISTORY
X. THE METHOD
MAXIMS FOR REVOLUTIONISTS
HOW THESE DOCTORS LOVE ONE ANOTHER!
LETTER TO FRANK HARRIS, 1930
LETTER ON SHAKESPEARE BY MR. G. BERNARD SHAW
The Criticism
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW by G. K. Chesterton
CONTENTS
Introduction to the First Edition
The Problem of a Preface
The Irishman
The Puritan
The Progressive
The Critic
The Dramatist
The Philosopher
The Delphi Classics Catalogue
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