GEORGE SHAW: Collected Works

AN UNSOCIAL SOCIALIST AN UNSOCIAL SOCIALIST

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IX

CHAPTER X

CHAPTER XI

CHAPTER XII

CHAPTER XIII

CHAPTER XIV

CHAPTER XV

CHAPTER XVI

CHAPTER XVII

CHAPTER XVIII

APPENDIX

ANDROCLES AND THE LION

PROLOGUE

ACT I

ACT II

ANNAJANSKA, THE BOLSHEVIK EMPRESS

Arms and the Man

AUGUSTUS DOES HIS BIT

A TRUE-TO-LIFE FARCE

AUGUSTUS DOES HIS BIT

BACK TO METHUSELAH

A Metabiological Pentateuch

THE INFIDEL HALF CENTURY

THE DAWN OF DARWINISM

THE ADVENT OF THE NEO-DARWINIANS

POLITICAL INADEQUACY OF THE HUMAN ANIMAL

COWARDICE OF THE IRRELIGIOUS

IS THERE ANY HOPE IN EDUCATION?

HOMEOPATHIC EDUCATION

THE DIABOLICAL EFFICIENCY OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

FLIMSINESS OF CIVILIZATION

CREATIVE EVOLUTION

VOLUNTARY LONGEVITY

THE EARLY EVOLUTIONISTS

THE ADVENT OF THE NEO-LAMARCKIANS

HOW ACQUIREMENTS ARE INHERITED

THE MIRACLE OF CONDENSED RECAPITULATION

HEREDITY AN OLD STORY

DISCOVERY ANTICIPATED BY DIVINATION

CORRECTED DATES FOR THE DISCOVERY OF EVOLUTION

DEFYING THE LIGHTNING: A FRUSTRATED EXPERIMENT

IN QUEST OF THE FIRST CAUSE

PALEY'S WATCH

THE IRRESISTIBLE CRY OF ORDER, ORDER!

THE MOMENT AND THE MAN

THE BRINK OF THE BOTTOMLESS PIT

WHY DARWIN CONVERTED THE CROWD

HOW WE RUSHED DOWN A STEEP PLACE

DARWINISM NOT FINALLY REFUTABLE

THREE BLIND MICE

THE GREATEST OF THESE IS SELF-CONTROL

A SAMPLE OF LAMARCKO-SHAVIAN INVECTIVE

THE HUMANITARIANS AND THE PROBLEM OF EVIL

HOW ONE TOUCH OF DARWIN MAKES THE WHOLE WORLD KIN

WHY DARWIN PLEASED THE SOCIALISTS

DARWIN AND KARL MARX

WHY DARWIN PLEASED THE PROFITEERS ALSO

THE POETRY AND PURITY OF MATERIALISM

THE VICEROYS OF THE KING OF KINGS

POLITICAL OPPORTUNISM IN EXCELSIS

THE BETRAYAL OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION

CIRCUMSTANTIAL SELECTION IN FINANCE

THE HOMEOPATHIC REACTION AGAINST DARWINISM

RELIGION AND ROMANCE

THE DANGER OF REACTION

A TOUCHSTONE FOR DOGMA

WHAT TO DO WITH THE LEGENDS

A LESSON FROM SCIENCE TO THE CHURCHES

THE RELIGIOUS ART OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

THE ARTIST-PROPHETS

EVOLUTION IN THE THEATRE

MY OWN PART IN THE MATTER

BACK TO METHUSELAH.

PART I—In the Beginning

ACT I

ACT II

PART II—The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas

PART III—The Thing Happens

PART IV—Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman

ACT I

ACT II

ACT III

PART V.—As Far as Thought can Reach

CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA

ACT I

ACT II

ACT III

ACT IV

ACT V

NOTES TO CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA

CLEOPATRA’S CURE FOR BALDNESS

APPARENT ANACHRONISMS

CLEOPATRA

BRITANNUS

JULIUS CAESAR

CANDIDA

ACT I

ACT II

ACT III

CAPTAIN BRASSBOUND'S CONVERSION

ACT I

ACT II

ACT III

NOTES TO CAPTAIN BRASSBOUND'S CONVERSION

SOURCES OF THE PLAY

CASHEL BYRON’S PROFESSION

PROLOGUE

I

II

III

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IX

CHAPTER X

CHAPTER XI

CHAPTER XII

CHAPTER XIII

CHAPTER XIV

CHAPTER XV

CHAPTER XVI

FANNY'S FIRST PLAY

PREFACE TO FANNY'S FIRST PLAY

FANNY'S FIRST PLAY

INDUCTION

THE PLAY

ACT I

ACT II

ACT III

EPILOGUE

GETTING MARRIED

Preface To "Getting Married"

PREFACE TO GETTING MARRIED

THE REVOLT AGAINST MARRIAGE

MARRIAGE NEVERTHELESS INEVITABLE

WHAT DOES THE WORD MARRIAGE MEAN

SURVIVALS OF SEX SLAVERY

A NEW ATTACK ON MARRIAGE

A FORGOTTEN CONFERENCE OF MARRIED MEN

HEARTH AND HOME

TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING

LARGE AND SMALL FAMILIES

THE GOSPEL OF LAODICEA

FOR BETTER FOR WORSE

WANTED: AN IMMORAL STATESMAN

THE LIMITS OF DEMOCRACY

THE SCIENCE AND ART OF POLITICS

WHY STATESMEN SHIRK THE MARRIAGE QUESTION

THE QUESTION OF POPULATION

THE RIGHT TO MOTHERHOOD

MONOGAMY, POLYGYNY AND POLYANDRY

THE MALE REVOLT AGAINST POLYGYNY

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIENTAL AND OCCIDENTAL POLYGYNY

THE OLD MAID'S RIGHT TO MOTHERHOOD

IBSEN'S CHAIN STITCH

REMOTENESS OF THE FACTS FROM THE IDEAL

DIFFICULTY OF OBTAINING EVIDENCE

MARRIAGE AS A MAGIC SPELL

THE IMPERSONALITY OF SEX

THE ECONOMIC SLAVERY OF WOMEN

UNPOPULARITY OF IMPERSONAL VIEWS

IMPERSONALITY IS NOT PROMISCUITY

DOMESTIC CHANGE OF AIR

HOME MANNERS ARE BAD MANNERS

SPURIOUS "NATURAL" AFFECTION

CARRYING THE WAR INTO THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY

SHELLEY AND QUEEN VICTORIA

A PROBABLE EFFECT OF GIVING WOMEN THE VOTE

THE PERSONAL SENTIMENTAL BASIS OF MONOGAMY

DIVORCE

IMPORTANCE OF SENTIMENTAL GRIEVANCE

DIVORCE WITHOUT ASKING WHY

ECONOMIC SLAVERY AGAIN THE ROOT DIFFICULTY

LABOR EXCHANGES AND THE WHITE SLAVERY

CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE

DIVORCE A SACRAMENTAL DUTY

OTHELLO AND DESDEMONA

WHAT IS TO BECOME OF THE CHILDREN?

THE COST OF DIVORCE

CONCLUSIONS

GETTING MARRIED

GREAT CATHERINE (WHOM GLORY STILL ADORES)

"In Catherine's reign, whom Glory still adores" BYRON

THE AUTHOR'S APOLOGY FOR GREAT CATHERINE

GREAT CATHERINE

THE FIRST SCENE

THE SECOND SCENE

THE THIRD SCENE

THE FOURTH SCENE

HEARTBREAK HOUSE A FANTASIA IN THE RUSSIAN MANNER ON ENGLISH THEMES

1913-1916

HEARTBREAK HOUSE AND HORSEBACK HALL

HEARTBREAK HOUSE

ACT I

ACT II

ACT III

HOW HE LIED TO HER HUSBAND

PREFACE

HOW HE LIED TO HER HUSBAND

JOHN BULL'S OTHER ISLAND

ACT I

ACT II

ACT III

ACT IV

MAJOR BARBARA

ACT I

ACT II

ACT III

MAN AND SUPERMAN

A COMEDY AND A PHILOSOPHY By Bernard Shaw

EPISTLE DEDICATORY TO ARTHUR BINGHAM WALKLEY

My dear Walkley:

ACT I

ACT II

ACT III

ACT IV

Maxims for Revolutionists

MISALLIANCE

MRS WARREN’S PROFESSION

With The Author’s Apology (1902)

THE AUTHOR’S APOLOGY

MRS WARREN’S PROFESSION

ACT I

ACT II

ACT III

ACT IV

O'FLAHERTY V.C.: A RECRUITING PAMPHLET

O'FLAHERTY V.C.

PREFACE TO ANDROCLES AND THE LION: ON THE PROSPECTS OF CHRISTIANITY

PREFACE ON THE PROSPECTS OF CHRISTIANITY

WHY JESUS MORE THAN ANOTHER?

WAS JESUS A COWARD?

WAS JESUS A MARTYR?

THE GOSPELS WITHOUT PREJUDICE.

THE GOSPELS NOW UNINTELLIGIBLE TO NOVICES.

WORLDLINESS OF THE MAJORITY.

RELIGION OF THE MINORITY. SALVATIONISM.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ATONEMENT AND PUNISHMENT

SALVATION AT FIRST A CLASS PRIVILEGE; AND THE REMEDY

RETROSPECTIVE ATONEMENT, AND THE EXPECTATION OF THE REDEEMER

COMPLETION OF THE SCHEME BY LUTHER AND CALVIN

JOHN BARLEYCORN

LOOKING FOR THE END OF THE WORLD

THE HONOR OF DIVINE PARENTAGE

MATTHEW.

THE ANNUNCIATION: THE MASSACRE: THE FLIGHT

JOHN THE BAPTIST

JESUS JOINS THE BAPTISTS

THE SAVAGE JOHN AND THE CIVILIZED JESUS

JESUS NOT A PROSLETYST

THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS.

THE MIRACLES

MATTHEW IMPUTES DIGNITY TO JESUS.

THE GREAT CHANGE.

JERUSALEM AND THE MYSTICAL SACRIFICE.

NOT THIS MAN BUT BARRABAS

THE RESURRECTION.

DATE OF MATTHEW'S NARRATIVE.

CLASS TYPE OF MATTHEW'S JESUS

MARK.

THE WOMEN DISCIPLES AND THE ASCENSION.