Life of George Bernard Shaw
JOAD considers Shaw as the greatest man of his age. he never used to be a same man for more than twenty minutes.
shaw was born in Dublin, July 26, 1856. his father was a second cousin to a baronet and his mother was the daughter of a gentleman. at the age of ten he gave up going to the church. he then wrote a letter against the methods of revivalits who visited Dublin in 1875. at home he picked up the knowledge of the of the literature of modern music form Bach to Wagner.
At the age of 15 shaw entered the office of a Dublin land agent and stayed there five years. in 1876 he followed his mother to London. for a time he had to work at the Edison telephone company. all that he earned by his pen during first 9 years amounted to only 6 pounds. of which 5 Pound were paid for writing the advertisement of a patent medicine. his first novel was entitled IMMATURITY. his other novels are CASHEL BYRON'S PROFESSION, THE IRRATIONAL KNOT, LOVE AMONG THE ARTISTS, THE UNSOCIAL SOCIALIST. then he gave up writing novels.
he became part of journalism. he contributed to the PALL MALL GAZETTE. then he was appointed the art critic of the world. he published many reviews in the PALL MALL GAZETTE, OUR CORNER. a selection of his Dramatic notices were published under the title DRAMATIC NOTICES published later under the title DRAMATIC OPINIONS AND ESSAYS. He also wrote THE QUINTESSENCE OF IBSENISM (1891) and THE PERFECT WAGNERITE (1896). he allied himself with the organisation of socialist philosophers known as THE FABIAN SOCIETY and published a number of socialist papers known as FABIAN TRACTS or essays. he also wrote THE INTELLIGENT WOMEN'S GUIDE TO SOCIALISM AND CAPITALISM. he died in 1951.
shaw was born in Dublin, July 26, 1856. his father was a second cousin to a baronet and his mother was the daughter of a gentleman. at the age of ten he gave up going to the church. he then wrote a letter against the methods of revivalits who visited Dublin in 1875. at home he picked up the knowledge of the of the literature of modern music form Bach to Wagner.
At the age of 15 shaw entered the office of a Dublin land agent and stayed there five years. in 1876 he followed his mother to London. for a time he had to work at the Edison telephone company. all that he earned by his pen during first 9 years amounted to only 6 pounds. of which 5 Pound were paid for writing the advertisement of a patent medicine. his first novel was entitled IMMATURITY. his other novels are CASHEL BYRON'S PROFESSION, THE IRRATIONAL KNOT, LOVE AMONG THE ARTISTS, THE UNSOCIAL SOCIALIST. then he gave up writing novels.
he became part of journalism. he contributed to the PALL MALL GAZETTE. then he was appointed the art critic of the world. he published many reviews in the PALL MALL GAZETTE, OUR CORNER. a selection of his Dramatic notices were published under the title DRAMATIC NOTICES published later under the title DRAMATIC OPINIONS AND ESSAYS. He also wrote THE QUINTESSENCE OF IBSENISM (1891) and THE PERFECT WAGNERITE (1896). he allied himself with the organisation of socialist philosophers known as THE FABIAN SOCIETY and published a number of socialist papers known as FABIAN TRACTS or essays. he also wrote THE INTELLIGENT WOMEN'S GUIDE TO SOCIALISM AND CAPITALISM. he died in 1951.
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