{"product_id":"arms-and-the-man-george-bernard-shaw-9780143039761","title":"Arms and the Man","description":"\u003cb\u003eExclusive to Penguin Classics: the definitive text of one of Shaw's most delightful comedies--part of the official Bernard Shaw Library \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Raina, a young woman with romantic notions of war and an idealized view of her soldier fianc , is surprised one night by a Swiss mercenary soldier seeking refuge in her bedchamber. The pragmatic Captain Bluntschli proceeds to puncture all of Raina's illusions about love, heroism, and class. In a second duel of sex, Louka, Raina's maid, uses her wiles in her attempt to gain power. Optimistic, farcical, absurd, and teeming with sexual energy, \u003ci\u003eArms and the Man\u003c\/i\u003e has Shaw inverting the devices of melodrama to glorious effect. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is the definitive text prepared under the editorial supervision of Dan H. Laurence. The volume includes Shaw's preface of 1898.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Bernard Shaw\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143039768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143039761\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 5.00w x 0.40d","brand":"George Bernard Shaw","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45898608115967,"sku":"9780143039761","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f4bd1b82-b240-44cd-b8bd-2c841459f9e1.jpg?v=1721376712","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/arms-and-the-man-george-bernard-shaw-9780143039761","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}