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Heartbreak House
George Bernard Shaw
1965
ManuscriptsFacsimilesDramaUpper classBritish and irish drama (dramatic works by one author)
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<p>Published in 1919, <i>Heartbreak House</i> is an examination of the failings of the European leisure classes before World War I—failings that author <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/george-bernard-shaw">George Bernard Shaw</a> blamed for the war, and that he predicted would quickly lead to another, longer war.</p> <p>The play is set in an English country house, where representatives of every type of English society have gathered at the home of the seemingly-mad Captain Shotover. Hidebound aristocrats a…
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