ARMS AND THE MAN

by George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856–2 November 1950)

Category Literature & Fiction
Format Paperback
Imprint Rupa
Price 150

ISBN: 978-93-5702-191-3
Pages: 96 pages
Date: 5th April 2023

ABOUT THIS BOOK

One of his most important plays and one of the most renowned comedies, George Bernard Shaw’s
Arms and the Man talks about the 1885 Serbo-Bulgarian War. The story revolves around the incident
of a Swiss soldier fighting in the Serbian army who bursts into a young Bulgarian woman’s bedroom
and begs her to hide him. A crafted combination of wit and humour, this classic is an epitome of
a satire on the typical values about war, morality, love and class.

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK

George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856–2 November 1950) was an Irish comic dramatist, literary critic
and socialist propagandist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the
1880s and continues till now. Incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw
became the leading dramatist of his generation and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925.