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George Bernard Shaw

 

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Karl Marx : Das Kapital

"[George Bernard] Shaw had read Marx's Das Kapital (in French translation) and he was converted to socialism ..."

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: George Bernard Shaw      Print: Book

  

St Paul : Epistles

'[George Bernard] Shaw was struck when reading St Paul's Epistles by their "inveterate crookedness of mind".'

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: George Bernard Shaw      Print: Book

  

 : The Bible

'[George Bernard] Shaw read the Bible all through; and he was much affected by Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress".'

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: George Bernard Shaw      Print: Book

  

John Bunyan : Pilgrim's Progress

'[George Bernard] Shaw read the Bible all through; and he was much affected by Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress".'

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: George Bernard Shaw      Print: Book

  

Henry James : The Saloon

'"Why do you want to break men's spirits for?" Shaw asked Henry James after reading his one-act play "The Saloon" in 1909.'

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Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: George Bernard Shaw      

 

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