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1919. A collection of works from Bernard Shaw, Nobel Prize winner in Literature, 1925 for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty. Heartbreak House is a reflection of his bitterness and despair about... read more
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- Mazzini Dunn: Add a description of this character.
- Lady Utterword
- Randall
- Boss Mangan
- Hesione
- Hector
- Mrs Hushabye
- Catherine
- Shakespear
- O'flaherty V.c.
- Patiomkin
- Ariadne
- Pearce
- Ermyntrude
- Hastings
- Claire
- Marcus
- Denny
- Edstaston
- Alfred
- Madam
- Blueloo
- Tessie
- Ellie
- Little Mother
- Quinlan
- Naryshkin
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The hilly country in the middle of the north edge of Sussex, looking very pleasant on a fine evening at the end of September, is seen through the windows of a room which has been built so as to resemble the after part of an old-fashioned high-pooped ship with a stern gallery; for the windows are ship built with heavy timbering, and run right across the room as continuously as the stability of the wall allows.
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