# Heartbreak House

By Bernard Shaw.

"Heartbreak House" by Bernard Shaw is a play written during the First World War and published in 1919. Set in a ship-shaped house, the work brings together an eccentric inventor, his self-absorbed daughters, and their guests for a disastrous dinner party. As romantic entanglements collide with political irresponsibility, Shaw depicts a society adrift—cultured yet rudderless, detached from reality as war literally drops from the sky. This darkly comic fantasia reflects Shaw's disillusionment with Britain, contrasting elegant indifference against aggressive philistinism in a nation heading toward catastrophe. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 -- Drama; Upper class -- England -- Drama; England -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Drama

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- [Heartbreak House](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/7071) by George Bernard Shaw (3 h 20 min, English)

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