Free digital classic
Heartbreak House
- Reading format
- EPUB in Folarin Bookstore Digital
- Language
- en
About this book
Creators: Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) "Heartbreak House" by Bernard Shaw is a play written during the First World War and published in 1919. Set in a ship-shaped house, the work brings together an eccentric inventor, his self-absorbed daughters, and their guests for a disastrous dinner party. As romantic entanglements collide with political irresponsibility, Shaw depicts a society adrift—cultured yet rudderless, detached from reality as war literally drops from the sky. This darkly comic fantasia reflects Shaw's disillusionment with Britain, contrasting elegant indifference against aggressive philistinism in a nation heading toward catastrophe. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading Level: Reading ease score: 75.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Rights: Public domain in the USA. Downloads: 1009