Bernard Shaw: 1856-1898: The Search for Love

by Michael Holroyd

Book Overview

When Michael Holroyd's multivolume life of Bernard Shaw was published, it was hailed as a masterpiece, and William Golding predicted that it would take its place "among the great biographies." Now the biography is available for the first time in a lively and accessible abridgment by the author. This is the quintessence of Shaw. The narrative has a new verve and pace, and the light and shade of Shaw's world are more dramatically revealed as Holroyd...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394575547
• ISBN13: 9780394575544
• Release Date: October 1991
• Publisher: Random House (NY)
• Length: 4 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.6" x 9.6"