“Misalliance” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Misalliance is a play written by George Bernard Shaw. The play takes place entirely on a single Saturday afternoon in the conservatory of a large country house in Hindhead, Surrey in Edwardian era England.It is a continuation of some of the ideas on marriage that he expressed in his play, Getting Married....
“Dark Lady of the Sonnets” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.“Dark Lady of the Sonnets” is a short play by George Bernard Shaw. “THE BEEFEATER: Stand. Who goes there? Give the word.THE MAN: Marry! I cannot. I have clean forgotten it.THE BEEFEATER: Then cannot you pass here. What is your business? Who are you? Are you a true man?THE MAN: Far from i...
“The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Shaw claimed that "this little play is really a religious tract in dramatic form", the plot being less important than the debate about morality and divinity that occurs between the characters. He was using the folksy language and quirky insights of his principal character to explore hi...
“The Doctor’s Dilemma” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.The Doctor's Dilemma is a play by George Bernard Shaw. It is a problem play about the moral dilemmas created by limited medical resources, and the conflicts between the demands of private medicine as a business and a vocation.
“Getting Married” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Getting Married is a play by George Bernard Shaw. First performed in 1908, it features a cast of family members who gather together for a marriage. The play analyses and satirises the status of marriage in Shaw's day, with a particular focus on the necessity of liberalising divorce laws.
“Major Barbara” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Major Barbara is a three-act English play by George Bernard Shaw. The story concerns an idealistic young woman, Barbara Undershaft, who is engaged in helping the poor as a Major in the Salvation Army in London. For many years, Barbara and her siblings have been estranged from their father, Andrew Unders...
“Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction is a short play by Bernard Shaw. It is a comic mock-melodrama, written to raise funds for charity.Late at night, Phyllis, the maid, is combing the hair of her employer, Lady Magnesia FitzTollemache. Phyllis expresses foreboding and the fear that she ...
“Man and Superman” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Man and Superman is a four-act drama written by George Bernard Shaw. The series was written in response to a call for Shaw to write a play based on the Don Juan theme. Mr. Whitefield has recently died, and his will indicates that his daughter Ann should be left in the care of two men, Roebuck Ra...
“John Bull's Other Island” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.John Bull's Other Island is a comedy about Ireland, written by George Bernard Shaw in 1904. Shaw himself was born in Dublin, yet this is one of only two plays of his where he thematically returned to his homeland, the other being O’Flaherty V.C.
“How He Lied to Her Husband” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.How He Lied to Her Husband is a one-act comedy play by George Bernard Shaw, who wrote it, at the request of actor Arnold Daly, over a period of four days while he was vacationing in Scotland in 1904. In its preface he described it as "a sample of what can be done with even the most hackneye...
“Captain Brassbound's Conversion” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.The play explores the relationship between the law, justice, revenge and forgiveness. Sir Howard Hallam, a judge, and his sister-in-law, Lady Cicely Waynflete, a well-known explorer, are at the home of Rankin, a Presbyterian minister. Sir Howard tells Rankin that his brother's property...
“Caesar and Cleopatra” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Caesar and Cleopatra is a play written by George Bernard Shaw that depicts a fictionalized account of the relationship between Julius Caesar and Cleopatra. Shaw wanted to prove that it was not love but politics that drew Cleopatra to Julius Caesar. He sees the Roman occupation of ancient Egypt as...
“The Admirable Bashville” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.“The Admirable Bashville” is a short play based loosely on Shaw’s novel “Cashel Byron's Profession”. The play was written to protect American copyrights after the novel became unexpectedly successful in the United States.
“You Never Can Tell” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.The play is set in a seaside town and tells the story of Mrs. Clandon and her three children, Dolly, Phillip, and Gloria, who have just returned to England after an eighteen-year stay in Madeira. The children have no idea who their father is and, through a comedy of errors, end up inviting him to a...
“Candida” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.The play questions Victorian notions of love and marriage, asking what a woman really desires from her husband. It was published as a part of Plays Pleasant, which also included Arms and the Man, The Man of Destiny and You Never Can Tell. Shaw titled the volume Plays Pleasant in order to contrast it with his ...
“The Devil's Disciple” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.“The Devil's Disciple” is Shaw's eighth play, and it was his first financial success, which helped to affirm his career as a playwright. Set in Colonial America during the Revolutionary era, the play tells the story of Richard Dudgeon, a local outcast and self-proclaimed "Devil's disciple". In a ...
“The Man of Destiny” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.The Man of Destiny is a play by George Bernard Shaw, set in Italy during the early career of Napoleon. It was published as a part of Plays Pleasant, which also included Arms and the Man, Candida and You Never Can Tell. Shaw titled the volume Plays Pleasant in order to contrast it with his firs...
“Arms and the Man” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Arms and the Man is a humorous play that shows the futility of war and deals comedically with the hypocrisies of human nature. It was published as a part of Plays Pleasant, which also included The Man of Destiny, Candida and You Never Can Tell. Shaw titled the volume Plays Pleasant in order to contra...
W domu Orgona panuje chaos - szczęście jego rodziny jest zagrożone. Na szczęście Tartuffe, cnotliwy wyznawca Boga, robi wszystko, aby to naprawić - wychowuje dzieci Orgona, rozmawia z jego żoną, zachowuje pobożność... W podzięce Orgon ofiarowuje mu rękę swojej córki. Jednakże prawda bardzo szybko wychodzi na jaw. Tartuffe pożąda żony Orgona i pod pozorem dobrego sumienia manipuluje biedakiem, by dostać to, czego chce. Tartuffe nie jest podobny do żadnego z poprzednich bohater...
“Mrs. Warren's Profession” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.The play is about a former prostitute, now a madam (brothel proprietor), who attempts to come to terms with her disapproving daughter. This is one of three plays Shaw published as Plays Unpleasant in 1898. They were termed "unpleasant" because they were intended, not to entertain their audien...
“Widowers' Houses” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Widowers' Houses was the first play by George Bernard Shaw to be staged. This is one of three plays Shaw published as Plays Unpleasant in 1898. They were termed "unpleasant" because they were intended, not to entertain their audiences – as the traditional Victorian theatre was expected to – but to ra...
“The Philanderer” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.The Philanderer was written in 1893 but the strict British censorship laws at the time meant that it was not produced on stage until 1902. This is one of three plays Shaw published as Plays Unpleasant in 1898. They were termed "unpleasant" because they were intended, not to entertain their audiences –...
Wdowiec i kompletny skąpiec, Harpagon to bogaty kupiec, który chce wydać swoją córkę Elisę za Anselmo, starego i bogatego człowieka, który jest gotów wziąć ją bez posagu. Ale Elisa jest zakochana w Valerio, który zostaje nowym sługą domu, aby być bliżej niej. Tymczasem, gdy Harpagón zakochuje się w Marianie, próbuje kupić jej uczucie, co doprowadzi go do konieczności wyboru między miłością a pieniędzmi, niezależnie od rywalizacji z własnym synem, Cleanto, który również się w ...
Pan Jourdain marzy o byciu dżentelmenem. Jest pewne, że jeśli będzie postępował zgodnie z radami swoich nauczycieli, stanie się nim. Aby zdobyć serce markizy Dorimeny, naśladuje maniery szlacheckie. Na szczęście Pani Jourdain w porę odkrywa zamiary męża i stara się ostudzić jego zapał. Ponadczasowa komedia analizuje i podkreśla wady arystrokracji.
MOBI to format plików przeznaczony do publikowania ebooków. Za jego stworzenie odpowiada pochodząca z Francji firma Mobipocket S.A. MOBI to format ebooków przeznaczony na czytniki Kindle od Amazona. Pliki w tym formacie można czytać nie tylko na Kindle’u, ale również w aplikacjach. Ebooki w nieszyfrowanym i oryginalnym MOBI można odtworzyć przy pomocy programów takich jak Calibre. Alternatywą dla MOBI jest EPUB.
Książka elektroniczna to cyfrowy odpowiednik książki drukowanej. To treść utrwalona w formie elektronicznej. Do tej kategorii zaliczane są zarówno ebooki, jak i audiobooki. Można je odczytywać przy pomocy odpowiedniego oprogramowania na komputerach, laptopach, smartfonach, tabletach, czytnikach, odtwarzaczach audio – w zależności od tego, czy dana książka elektroniczna jest ebookiem czy audiobookiem. Książka elektroniczna jest niekiedy definiowana jako cyfrowy odpowiednik książki drukowanej. Dostęp do takiej formy literatury jest szybszy i prostszy. Książki można zakupić często jednym kliknięciem, a kupiony produkt trafia na wirtualną półkę w kilka minut po złożeniu zamówienia.
Kategoria „Poezja / Dramat” zawiera utwory reprezentujące dwa rodzaje literackie. Poezja to dosyć wieloznaczny termin wywodzący się ze starożytnej Grecji. Kiedyś oznaczał ogół wszystkich dzieł literatury pięknej, obecnie za poezję uważa się wszystkie utwory pisane mową wiązaną, czyli wierszem. Dramat z kolei uznawany jest za rodzaj sztuki z pogranicza teatru i literatury, dziełem literackim jest tylko i wyłącznie w warstwie słownej – sama realizacja teatralnego widowiska jest zaliczana do szeroko pojętych sztuk teatru. W kategorii „Poezja / Dramat” znajdują się więc utwory cenionych twórców, które tworzą kanon literatury zarówno polskiej, jak i światowej. Możemy tu znaleźć poezje najwybitniejszych poetów polskich, takich jak Zbigniew Herbert, Wisława Szymborska, Czesław Miłosz czy Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, ale także zagranicznych, jak na przykład Francesco Petrarca, Giovanni Boccaccio czy Edgar Allan Poe. Odnaleźć tu również możemy tomy poezji „Lucyfer zwycięża” Ilony Witkowskiej oraz „Zimna książka” Marty Podgórnik nominowane do Nagrody im. Wisławy Szymborskiej, a także zachwycającą poezję Rupi Kaur zebraną w zbiorach „Mleko i miód. Milk and Honey” oraz „Słońce i jej kwiaty. The Sun and Her Flowers”. Pierwsza z publikacji kanadyjsko-hinduskiej poetki to przetłumaczony na ponad 30 języków bestseller opowiadający o kobiecości, miłości, przemocy oraz stracie. Drugi zbiór Rupi Kaur skupiony jest przede wszystkim na samoświadomości i dojrzewaniu. Czytelnicy zainteresowani dramatami odnajdą tutaj klasyki literatury polskiej, jak „Balladyna” Juliusza Słowackiego, „Zemsta” Aleksandra Fredry, „Wesele” Stanisława Wyspiańskiego, oraz zagranicznej, czyli takie pozycje jak „Makbet” Williama Szekspira, „Świętoszek” Moliera czy „Król Edyp” Sofoklesa. W księgarni internetowej Woblink.com znajdują się również takie utwory jak „Małe zbrodnie małżeńskie” Érica-Emmanuela Schmitta, czyli opowieść o związku dwojga kochających się niegdyś ludzi, „Czarownice z Salem” Arthura Millera czy „Narty Ojca Świętego” Jerzego Pilcha.