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Bernard Shaw

by Michael Holroyd
RM31.00 MYR
Cover of Bernard Shaw
Cover of Bernard Shaw

Shaw: Charismatic wit confronting Victorian England.

Shaw might seem like an enigma at first — a breathtaking mind that bit into the fabric of Victorian norms with unyielding humor and shrewdness. If you're intrigued by the allure of a life steered by acumen and audacity, Michael Holroyd's biography will take you on an intimate journey. It unfolds the complexity of Shaw as both a man and an icon, shedding light on how his distinct persona was both a creation and a shelter.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Bernard Shaw

by Michael Holroyd
RM31.00 MYR
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ISBN: 9780394525778
Author: Michael Holroyd

Description

To his own generation Bernard Shaw's greatest creation seemed to be
himself. Playwright, wit, socialist, polemicist and irresistible charmer,
he was the most controversial literary figure of his age and the scourge of
all that was most oppressive in late-Victorian England. In his writing and
public speeches, he embodied the unfamiliar virtues of reason, sense and
unanswerable good humor. And yet, as the opening volume of this masterly
four-volume biography makes clear, Shaw's invention of this monumental
figure was a paradoxical method of concealment and his way of coming to
terms with a world that had abandoned him in childhood. - Jacket flap.


Author: Michael Holroyd
Publisher: New York : Random House
Publication Date: 1988
 

Shaw: Charismatic wit confronting Victorian England.

Shaw might seem like an enigma at first — a breathtaking mind that bit into the fabric of Victorian norms with unyielding humor and shrewdness. If you're intrigued by the allure of a life steered by acumen and audacity, Michael Holroyd's biography will take you on an intimate journey. It unfolds the complexity of Shaw as both a man and an icon, shedding light on how his distinct persona was both a creation and a shelter.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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