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Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)
Also known as: Bernard Shaw, G. Bernard Shaw, G.B. Shaw, Джордж Бернард Шоу, جورج برنارد شو, 조지 버나드 쇼
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- Literature--second edition
- Elements of Literature - Third Canadian Edition
- Contemporary Drama. Eleven Plays. American - English - European
- Literature and Science in the Nineteenth Century (2002)
- The experience of literature