Download or read book The Complete Plays of George Bernard Shaw 1893 1921 34 Complete and Unabridged Plays Including written by George Bernard Shaw and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 1076 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Bernard Shaw was a satirical genius, ruthlessly exposing hypocrisy, and creating moral dilemmas for the reader to mull on. These are biting, witty, sometimes rude, highly intelligent plays. This collection of thirty-four of his plays is an Omnibus that will give hours of pleasure to the reader.
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Download or read book The Complete Works written by George Bernard Shaw and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 6378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this meticulously edited George Bernard Shaw collection:_x000D_ Introduction:_x000D_ Mr. Bernard Shaw (by G. K. Chesterton)_x000D_ Novels:_x000D_ Cashel Byron's Profession _x000D_ An Unsocial Socialist _x000D_ Love Among The Artists _x000D_ The Irrational Knot _x000D_ Plays:_x000D_ Plays Unpleasant:_x000D_ Widowers' Houses (1892)_x000D_ The Philanderer (1898)_x000D_ Mrs. Warren's Profession (1898)_x000D_ Plays Pleasant:_x000D_ Arms And The Man: An Anti-Romantic Comedy in Three Acts (1894)_x000D_ Candida (1898)_x000D_ You Never Can Tell (1897)_x000D_ Three Plays for Puritans:_x000D_ The Devil's Disciple _x000D_ Caesar And Cleopatra_x000D_ Captain Brassbound's Conversion _x000D_ Other Plays:_x000D_ The Man Of Destiny _x000D_ The Gadfly Or The Son of the Cardinal _x000D_ The Admirable Bashville Or Constancy Unrewarded _x000D_ Man And Superman: A Comedy and A Philosophy _x000D_ John Bull's Other Island _x000D_ How He Lied To Her Husband _x000D_ Major Barbara _x000D_ Passion, Poison, And Petrifaction _x000D_ The Doctor's Dilemma: A Tragedy _x000D_ The Interlude At The Playhouse _x000D_ Getting Married _x000D_ The Shewing-Up Of Blanco Posnet _x000D_ Press Cuttings _x000D_ Misalliance _x000D_ The Dark Lady Of The Sonnets _x000D_ Fanny's First Play _x000D_ Androcles And The Lion _x000D_ Overruled: A Demonstration _x000D_ Pygmalion _x000D_ Great Catherine (Whom Glory Still Adores) _x000D_ The Music Cure _x000D_ Beauty's Duty (Unfinished) _x000D_ O'Flaherty, V. C. _x000D_ The Inca Of Perusalem: An Almost Historical Comedietta _x000D_ Augustus Does His Bit _x000D_ Skit For The Tiptaft Revue _x000D_ Annajanska, The Bolshevik Empress _x000D_ Heartbreak House _x000D_ Back To Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch _x000D_ In the Beginning_x000D_ The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas_x000D_ The Thing Happens_x000D_ Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman_x000D_ As Far as Thought Can Reach_x000D_ The War Indemnities (Unfinished)_x000D_ Saint Joan _x000D_ The Glimpse Of Reality: A Tragedietta _x000D_ Fascinating Foundling: Disgrace To The Author _x000D_ The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza _x000D_ Too True to Be Good _x000D_ Village Wooing: A Comedietta for Two Voices _x000D_ On the Rocks: A Political Comedy _x000D_ The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles _x000D_ The Six of Calais _x000D_ Arthur and the Acetone _x000D_ The Millionairess _x000D_ Cymbeline Refinished: A Variation on Shakespeare's Ending _x000D_ Geneva _x000D_ "In Good King Charles' Golden Days" _x000D_ Playlet on the British Party System _x000D_ Buoyant Billions: A Comedy of No Manners _x000D_ Shakes versus Shav _x000D_ Farfetched Fables _x000D_ Why She Would Not _x000D_ Miscellaneous Works:_x000D_ What do Men of Letters Say? - The New York Times Articles on War (1915):_x000D_ "Common Sense About the War" by G. B. Shaw_x000D_ "Shaw's Nonsense About Belgium" By Arnold Bennett_x000D_ "Bennett States the German Case" by G. B. Shaw_x000D_ Flaws in Shaw's Logic By Cunninghame Graham_x000D_ Editorial Comment on Shaw By The New York World_x000D_ Comment by Readers of Shaw To the Editor of The New York Times_x000D_ Open Letter to President Wilson by G. B. Shaw_x000D_ A German Letter to G. Bernard Shaw By Herbert Eulenberg_x000D_ "Mr. G.
Download or read book The Complete Works of George Bernard Shaw written by George Bernard Shaw and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-16 with total page 6376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good Press presents to you this meticulously edited George Bernard Shaw collection: Introduction: Mr. Bernard Shaw (by G. K. Chesterton) Novels: Cashel Byron's Profession An Unsocial Socialist Love Among The Artists The Irrational Knot Plays: Plays Unpleasant: Widowers' Houses (1892) The Philanderer (1898) Mrs. Warren's Profession (1898) Plays Pleasant: Arms And The Man: An Anti-Romantic Comedy in Three Acts (1894) Candida (1898) You Never Can Tell (1897) Three Plays for Puritans: The Devil's Disciple Caesar And Cleopatra Captain Brassbound's Conversion Other Plays: The Man Of Destiny The Gadfly Or The Son of the Cardinal The Admirable Bashville Or Constancy Unrewarded Man And Superman: A Comedy and A Philosophy John Bull's Other Island How He Lied To Her Husband Major Barbara Passion, Poison, And Petrifaction The Doctor's Dilemma: A Tragedy The Interlude At The Playhouse Getting Married The Shewing-Up Of Blanco Posnet Press Cuttings Misalliance The Dark Lady Of The Sonnets Fanny's First Play Androcles And The Lion Overruled: A Demonstration Pygmalion Great Catherine (Whom Glory Still Adores) The Music Cure Beauty's Duty (Unfinished) O'Flaherty, V. C. The Inca Of Perusalem: An Almost Historical Comedietta Augustus Does His Bit Skit For The Tiptaft Revue Annajanska, The Bolshevik Empress Heartbreak House Back To Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch In the Beginning The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas The Thing Happens Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman As Far as Thought Can Reach The War Indemnities (Unfinished) Saint Joan The Glimpse Of Reality: A Tragedietta Fascinating Foundling: Disgrace To The Author The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza Too True to Be Good Village Wooing: A Comedietta for Two Voices On the Rocks: A Political Comedy The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles The Six of Calais Arthur and the Acetone The Millionairess Cymbeline Refinished: A Variation on Shakespeare's Ending Geneva "In Good King Charles' Golden Days" Playlet on the British Party System Buoyant Billions: A Comedy of No Manners Shakes versus Shav Farfetched Fables Why She Would Not Miscellaneous Works: What do Men of Letters Say? - The New York Times Articles on War (1915): "Common Sense About the War" by G. B. Shaw "Shaw's Nonsense About Belgium" By Arnold Bennett "Bennett States the German Case" by G. B. Shaw Flaws in Shaw's Logic By Cunninghame Graham Editorial Comment on Shaw By The New York World Comment by Readers of Shaw To the Editor of The New York Times Open Letter to President Wilson by G. B. Shaw A German Letter to G. Bernard Shaw By Herbert Eulenberg "Mr. G. Bernard Shaw on Socialism" (Speech) The Miraculous Revenge Quintessence Of Ibsenism The Basis of Socialism Economic The Transition to Social Democracy The Impossibilities Of Anarchism The Perfect Wagnerite, Commentary on the Niblung's Ring Letter to Beatrice Webb The Revolutionist's Handbook And Pocket Companion Maxims For Revolutionists The New Theology How to Write A Popular Play: An Essay A Treatise on Parents and Children: An Essay Memories of Oscar Wilde The Intelligent Women's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism: Excerpts Women in the Labour Market Socialism and Marriage Socialism and Children Letter to Frank Harris How These Doctors Love One Another! The Black Girl in Search of God The Political Madhouse in America and Nearer Home On Capital Punishment Essays on Bernard Shaw: George Bernard Shaw by G. K. Chesterton The Quintessence of Shaw by James Huneker Old and New Masters: Bernard Shaw by Robert Lynd George Bernard Shaw: A Poem by Oliver Herford
Download or read book The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw Illustrated written by George Bernard Shaw and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2015-04-12 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) was an Irish playwright, essayist, novelist and short story writer and wrote more than 60 plays. He is the only person to have been awarded both a Nobel Prize in Literature (1925) and an Academy Award (1938). Table of Contents George Bernard Shaw by G. K. Chesterton Plays: Widowers' Houses (1892) The Philanderer (1898) Mrs. Warren's Profession (1898) The Man Of Destiny (1897) Arms And The Man: An Anti-Romantic Comedy in Three Acts (1894) Candida (1898) You Never Can Tell (1897) Three Plays for Puritans: The Devil's Disciple (1897) Captain Brassbound's Conversion (1900) Caesar and Cleopatra: A History (1901) The Gadfly Or The Son of the Cardinal (1898) The Admirable Bashville Or Constancy Unrewarded (1901) Man And Superman: A Comedy and A Philosophy (1903) John Bull's Other Island (1904) How He Lied To Her Husband (1904) Major Barbara (1905) Passion, Poison, And Petrifaction (1905) The Doctor's Dilemma: A Tragedy (1906) The Interlude At The Playhouse (1907) Getting Married (1908) The Shewing-Up Of Blanco Posnet (1909) Press Cuttings (1909) Misalliance (1910) The Dark Lady Of The Sonnets (1910) Fanny's First Play (1911) Androcles And The Lion (1912) Overruled: A Demonstration (1912) Pygmalion (1913) Great Catherine (Whom Glory Still Adores) (1913) The Music Cure (1913) Beauty's Duty (Unfinished) (1913) O'Flaherty, V. C. (1915) Macbeth Skit (unfinished) (1916) Glastonbury Skit (unfinished) (1916) The Inca Of Perusalem: An Almost Historical Comedietta (1916) Augustus Does His Bit (1916) Skit For The Tiptaft Revue (1917) Annajanska, The Bolshevik Empress (1917) Heartbreak House (1919) Back To Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch (1921) In the Beginning The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas The Thing Happens Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman ...
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Download or read book Plays by George Bernard Shaw written by George Bernard Shaw and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-08-03 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Bernard Shaw demanded truth and despised convention. He punctured hollow pretensions and smug prudishness—coating his criticism with ingenious and irreverent wit. In Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Arms and the Man, Candida, and Man and Superman, the great playwright satirizes society, military heroism, marriage, and the pursuit of man by woman. From a social, literary, and theatrical standpoint, these four plays are among the foremost dramas of the age—as intellectually stimulating as they are thoroughly enjoyable. “My way of joking is to tell the truth: It is the funniest joke in the world.”—G. B. Shaw With an Introduction by Eric Bentley and an Afterword by Norman Lloyd
Download or read book Complete Plays written by Bernard Shaw and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Essential Plays of George Bernard Shaw Illustrated Edition written by George Bernard Shaw and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 2740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) was an Irish playwright, essayist, novelist and short story writer and wrote more than 60 plays. He is the only person to have been awarded both a Nobel Prize in Literature (1925) and an Academy Award (1938). Table of Contents George Bernard Shaw by G. K. Chesterton Plays: Widowers' Houses (1892) The Philanderer (1898) Mrs. Warren's Profession (1898) The Man Of Destiny (1897) Arms And The Man: An Anti-Romantic Comedy in Three Acts (1894) Candida (1898) You Never Can Tell (1897) Three Plays for Puritans: The Devil's Disciple (1897) Captain Brassbound's Conversion (1900) Caesar and Cleopatra: A History (1901) The Gadfly Or The Son of the Cardinal (1898) The Admirable Bashville Or Constancy Unrewarded (1901) Man And Superman: A Comedy and A Philosophy (1903) John Bull's Other Island (1904) How He Lied To Her Husband (1904) Major Barbara (1905) Passion, Poison, And Petrifaction (1905) The Doctor's Dilemma: A Tragedy (1906) The Interlude At The Playhouse (1907) Getting Married (1908) The Shewing-Up Of Blanco Posnet (1909) Press Cuttings (1909) Misalliance (1910) The Dark Lady Of The Sonnets (1910) Fanny's First Play (1911) Androcles And The Lion (1912) Overruled: A Demonstration (1912) Pygmalion (1913) Great Catherine (Whom Glory Still Adores) (1913) The Music Cure (1913) Beauty's Duty (Unfinished) (1913) O'Flaherty, V. C. (1915) Macbeth Skit (unfinished) (1916) Glastonbury Skit (unfinished) (1916) The Inca Of Perusalem: An Almost Historical Comedietta (1916) Augustus Does His Bit (1916) Skit For The Tiptaft Revue (1917) Annajanska, The Bolshevik Empress (1917) Heartbreak House (1919) Back To Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch (1921) In the Beginning The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas The Thing Happens Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman...
Download or read book Bernard Shaw Complete Plays with Prefaces written by Bernard Shaw and published by New York : [s.n.]. This book was released on 1962 with total page 671 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Delphi Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw Illustrated written by George Bernard Shaw and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2014-10-20 with total page 3461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Bernard Shaw created pioneering dramas that probed prevailing social problems with a vein of comedy that made their stark themes more palatable, while striving to make the world aware of the exploitation of the working classes. This comprehensive eBook presents most complete edition possible of Shaw’s works in the US, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Shaw’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels, plays and other texts * 44 plays, with individual contents tables * Includes rare dramas, available in no other collection * 4 novels, with individual contents tables * Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Includes almost the complete non-fiction, including Shaw’s seminal work on Ibsen * Special criticism study on Shaw by G. K. Chesterton, evaluating Shaw’s contribution to literature * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres * UPDATED with two plays that recently entered the US public domain Please note: due to US copyright restrictions, 26 later plays, the novel IMMATURITY and Shaw’s short story collection cannot appear in this edition. When new texts become available in your public domain, they will be added to the eBook as a free update. CONTENTS: The Novels The Irrational Knot Love Among the Artists Cashel Byron’s Profession An Unsocial Socialist The Plays Passion Play Un Petit Drame The Cassone Widowers’ Houses The Philanderer Mrs. Warren’s Profession Arms and the Man Candida The Man of Destiny You Never Can Tell The Devil’s Disciple The Gadfly Caesar and Cleopatra Captain Brassbound’s Conversion The Admirable Bashville, or Constancy Unrewarded Man and Superman John Bull’s Other Island How He Lied to Her Husband Major Barbara Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction The Doctor’s Dilemma The Interlude at the Playhouse Getting Married The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet Press Cuttings Fascinating Foundling: Disgrace to the Author The Glimpse of Reality Suggested Act III Ending for Barker’s ‘The Madras House’ Misalliance The Dark Lady of the Sonnets Fanny’s First Play Androcles and the Lion Overruled: A Demonstration Beauty’s Duty Pygmalion Great Catherine The Music Cure O’flaherty, V. C. The Inca of Perusalem Augustus Does His Bit Glastonbury Skit Macbeth Skit Skit for the Tiptaft Revue Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress Heartbreak House Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch The War Indemnities Jitta’s Atonement Saint Joan The Non-Fiction The Perfect Wagnerite Quintessence of Ibsenism The Impossibilities of Anarchism The Revolutionist’s Handbook and Pocket Companion Maxims for Revolutionists The Criticism George Bernard Shaw by G. K. Chesterton Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles
Download or read book Delphi Complete Works of George Bernard Shaw Illustrated written by George Bernard Shaw and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2014-10-20 with total page 5426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Bernard Shaw created pioneering dramas that probed prevailing social problems with a vein of comedy that made their stark themes more palatable, while striving to make the world aware of the exploitation of the working classes. For the first time in digital publishing, this comprehensive eBook presents the complete fictional works of George Bernard Shaw, with every play, novel and short story, as well as featuring numerous illustrations, many rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Shaw’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels, plays and other texts * ALL 72 plays, with individual contents tables * Includes many rare dramas, available in no other collection * All 5 novels, with individual contents tables * Includes IMMATURITY, Shaw’s first novel, appearing here for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Shaw’s scarce story collection SHORT STORIES, SCRAPS AND SHAVINGS, featuring the controversial tale ‘Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God’ * Includes almost the complete non-fiction, including Shaw’s seminal work on Ibsen * Special criticism study on Shaw by G. K. Chesterton, evaluating Shaw’s contribution to literature * Ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres * UPDATED with two late non-fiction works CONTENTS: The Novels Immaturity The Irrational Knot Love Among the Artists Cashel Byron’s Profession An Unsocial Socialist The Short Stories Short Stories, Scraps and Shavings The Plays Passion Play Un Petit Drame The Cassone Widowers’ Houses The Philanderer Mrs. Warren’s Profession Arms and the Man Candida The Man of Destiny You Never Can Tell The Devil’s Disciple The Gadfly Caesar and Cleopatra Captain Brassbound’s Conversion The Admirable Bashville, or Constancy Unrewarded Man and Superman John Bull’s Other Island How He Lied to Her Husband Major Barbara Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction The Doctor’s Dilemma The Interlude at the Playhouse Getting Married The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet Press Cuttings Fascinating Foundling: Disgrace to the Author The Glimpse of Reality Suggested Act III Ending for Barker’s ‘The Madras House’ Misalliance The Dark Lady of the Sonnets Fanny’s First Play Androcles and the Lion Overruled: A Demonstration Beauty’s Duty Pygmalion Great Catherine The Music Cure O’flaherty, V. C. The Inca of Perusalem Augustus Does His Bit Glastonbury Skit Macbeth Skit Skit for the Tiptaft Revue Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress Heartbreak House Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch The War Indemnities Jitta’s Atonement Saint Joan The Yahoos The Apple Cart Too True to Be Good Village Wooing On the Rocks The Garden of the Hesperides The Girl with the Golden Voice The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles The Six of Calais The Millionairess Arthur and the Acetone Sequence for the King’s People Cymbeline Refinished Geneva In Good King Charles’s Golden Days A New Ending for Clemence Dane’s ‘Cousin Muriel’ The British Party System Sequence for a Pageant of Plays and Players Buoyant Billions Farfetched Fables Shakes Versus Shav Why She Would Not Jesus-Pilate Scene The Non-Fiction The Perfect Wagnerite Quintessence of Ibsenism The Impossibilities of Anarchism The Revolutionist’s Handbook and Pocket Companion Maxims for Revolutionists How These Doctors Love One Another! Letter to Frank Harris, 1930 Letter on Shakespeare by Mr. G. Bernard Shaw Pen Portraits and Reviews The Political Madhouse in America and Nearer Home The Criticism George Bernard Shaw by G. K. Chesterton Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles
Download or read book Selected Plays of George Bernard Shaw written by Bernard Shaw and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book George Bernard Shaw Collected Works written by George Bernard Shaw and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 4462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) was an Irish playwright, essayist, novelist and short story writer and wrote more than 60 plays. He is the only person to have been awarded both a Nobel Prize in Literature (1925) and an Academy Award (1938), for his contributions to literature and for his work on the film Pygmalion (an adaptation of his own play) This edition includes: Novels: Cashel Byron's Profession An Unsocial Socialist Love Among The Artists The Irrational Knot Plays: Widowers' Houses The Philanderer Mrs. Warren's Profession The Man Of Destiny Arms And The Man Candida You Never Can Tell The Devil's Disciple Captain Brassbound's Conversion Caesar And Cleopatra The Gadfly or The Son of the Cardinal The Admirable Bashville Man And Superman John Bull's Other Island How He Lied To Her Husband Major Barbara Passion, Poison, And Petrifaction The Doctor's Dilemma The Interlude At The Playhouse Getting Married The Shewing-Up Of Blanco Posnet Press Cuttings Misalliance The Dark Lady Of The Sonnets Fanny's First Play Androcles And The Lion Overruled Pygmalion Great Catherine The Music Cure O'Flaherty, V. C. Macbeth Skit Glastonbury Skit The Inca Of Perusalem Augustus Does His Bit Skit For The Tiptaft Revue Annajanska, The Bolshevik Empress Heartbreak House Back To Methuselah War Indemnities What do Men of Letters Say? On Socialism The Miraculous Revenge Quintessence Of Ibsenism Basis of Socialism The Transition to Social Democracy The Impossibilities Of Anarchism The Perfect Wagnerite Letter to Beatrice Webb The New Theology Memories of Oscar Wilde The Revolutionist's Handbook And Pocket Companion Maxims For Revolutionists The New Theology How to Write A Popular Play Memories of Oscar Wilde George Bernard Shaw The Quintessence of Shaw Old and New Masters...
Download or read book George Bernard Shaw written by Henry L. Mencken and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from George Bernard Shaw: His Plays The Origin of Species the fight against orthodoxy, custom, and authority was perennially and necessarily a losing one. On the side of the defense were ignorance, antiquity, piety, organization, and respectability - twelve inch, wire-wound, rapid-fire guns, all of them. In the hands of the scattered, half-hearted, unorganized at tacking parties there were but two weapons - the blow pipe of impious doubt and the bludgeon of sacrilege. Neither, unsupported, was very effective. Voltaire, who tried both, scared the defenders a bit and for a while there was a great pother and scurrying about, but when the smoke cleared away the walls were just as strong as before and the drawbridge was still up. One had to believe or be damned. There was no compromise and no middle ground. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
