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The Portable Bernard Shaw

by George Bernard Shaw · 1977

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Bernard Shaw's major prose work, The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God

Letters, articles, reviews, and speeches—all representing the entire spectrum of Shaws long career

Genre
literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
classclassMore like thisLess of thispolicepoliceMore like thisLess of thisrelationshipsrelationshipsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1970s1970sMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisLondonLondonMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 698 pages

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