Heartbreak House by Bernard Shaw
"Heartbreak House" by Bernard Shaw is a play written during the First World War and published in 1919. Set in a ship-shaped house, the work brings together an eccentric inventor, his self-absorbed daughters, and their guests for a disastrous dinner party. As romantic entanglements collide with political irresponsibility, Shaw depicts a society adrift—cultured yet rudderless, detached from reality as war literally drops from the sky. This darkly comic fantasia reflects Shaw's disillusionment
with Britain, contrasting elegant indifference against aggressive philistinism in a nation heading toward catastrophe. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 |
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| Title | Heartbreak House |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbreak_House |
| Credits | Produced by Eve Sobol, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 75.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | World War, 1914-1918 -- Drama |
| Subject | Upper class -- England -- Drama |
| Subject | England -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Drama |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 3543 |
| Release Date | Nov 1, 2002 |
| Most Recently Updated | Dec 14, 2012 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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