Wit and Acid

Sharp Lines from the plays of George Bernard Shaw, Volume I

George Bernard Shaw author Simon Mundy editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Renard Press Ltd

Published:26th Oct '22

Should be back in stock very soon

Wit and Acid cover

'If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.' One of the most prolific and respected playwrights of the twentieth century, Bernard Shaw's legacy shows no signs of waning, and his beautifully written plays, laced with wry wit and invective alike, have seen countless performances over the years, their finest lines paraded in literary conversation and review. Meticulously selected by Simon Mundy, the Wit and Acid series collects the sharpest lines from Shaw's oeuvre in small neat volumes, allowing the reader to sample some of the very best barbs and one-liners the twentieth century has to offer, and this, the first volume, covers lines from the great writer's works published before 1911.

'He was a Tolstoy with jokes, a modern Dr Johnson, a universal genius who on his own modest reckoning put even Shakespeare in the shade.' (The Independent)

ISBN: 9781804470114

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88 pages