Captain Brassbound's Conversion

by George Bernard Shaw

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George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright who co-founded the London School of Economics. Shaw wrote more than 60 plays with his most famous being Pygmalion, which served as the inspiration for the musical My Fair Lady.

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Bernard Shaw turns a tale of a lost heir on its head. Unfortunately, for reasons that he goes into in detail in his notes, he has chosen to write the dialects of the various characters out phonetically, which makes for extremely difficult reading. (

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The Complete Plays of Bernard Shaw by Bernard Shaw

Three Plays for Puritans by Bernard Shaw

Four plays: The Devil's Disciple, Caesar and Cleopatra, Candida, Captain Brassbound's Conversion by George Bernard Shaw

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Mogreb-el-Acksa: A Journey in Morocco by R. B. Cunninghame Graham

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