{"product_id":"arms-and-the-man-1","title":"Arms and the Man","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eArms and the Man\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eGeorge Bernard Shaw\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780143039761\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePenguin Publishing Group\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2006\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e1\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e112\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\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 fiancé, 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.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Arms and the Man | George Bernard Shaw | Paperback | 9780143039761 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks C 1781059","offer_id":50767095988482,"sku":"1781059","price":28.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/913Te_SU5DL.jpg?v=1792095661","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/arms-and-the-man-1","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}