Name: The Irrational Knot
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Author: George Bernard Shaw
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The Irrational Knot

By George Bernard Shaw 10 Dec, 2019

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The Irrational Knot was first published in 1905, having been written in 1880. Within a framework of leisure class preoccupations and frivolities, Shaw disdains hereditary status and proclaims the nobility of workers. Marriage, as the knot in question ... Read more

The Irrational Knot was first published in 1905, having been written in 1880. Within a framework of leisure class preoccupations and frivolities, Shaw disdains hereditary status and proclaims the nobility of workers. Marriage, as the knot in question, is exemplified by the union of Marian Lind, a lady of the upper class, to Edward Conolly, always a workman but now a magnate, thanks to his invention of an electric motor that makes steam engines obsolete. The marriage soon deteriorates, primarily because Marian fails to rise above the preconceptions and limitations of her social class and is, therefore, unable to share her husband's interests. Less

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George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 Nov 1950) was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to ...

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