Arms and the Man -- George Bernard Shaw

<b>Exclusive to Penguin Classics: the definitive text of one of Shaw's most delightful comedies--part of the official Bernard Shaw Library <p/>A Penguin Classic</b> <p/> Raina, a young woman with romantic notions of war and an idealized view of her soldier fianc , is surprised one night by a Swiss mercenary soldier seeking refuge in her bedchamber. The pragmatic Captain Bluntschli proceeds to puncture all of Raina's illusions about love, heroism, and class. In a second duel of sex, Louka, Raina's maid, uses her wiles in her attempt to gain power. Optimistic, farcical, absurd, and teeming with sexual energy, <i>Arms and the Man</i> has Shaw inverting the devices of melodrama to glorious effect. <p/> This is the definitive text prepared under the editorial supervision of Dan H. Laurence. The volume includes Shaw's preface of 1898.<br><br><b>Author:</b> George Bernard Shaw<br><b>Publisher:</b> Penguin Adult Hc/Tr<br><b>Published:</b> 06/27/2006<br><b>Pages:</b> 112<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.22lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.50h x 5.00w x 0.40d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780143039761<br><b>Age Range:</b> 18-UP<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>George Bernard Shaw</b> (1856-1950) is one of the world's greatest literary figures. Born in Dublin, Ireland, he left school at fourteen and in 1876 went to London, where he began his literary career with a series of unsuccessful novels. In 1884 he became a founder of the Fabian Society, the famous British socialist organization.