Love Among The Artists (Autobiographical Novel) - Complete Edition (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Story With a PurposeBy George Bernard Shaw
Length20h 26m
About this audiobook
Love Among the Artists is Shaw's sharply observant early novel of music, ambition, and emotional experiment, presented here in its complete form. Set within the artistic circles of late-Victorian London, it follows musicians and aesthetes whose ideals of love, vocation, and freedom collide with social convention and economic dependence. Its style is already recognizably Shavian: witty, argumentative, satirical, and more interested in ideas than melodrama. Though written before Shaw's fame as a dramatist, the novel belongs to the fin-de-siècle debate over art, marriage, and modern individuality. George Bernard Shaw, born in Dublin in 1856, came to London as a young man determined to make himself a writer while living through poverty, self-education, and repeated literary rejection. His intimate knowledge of music criticism, theatre culture, socialism, and unconventional intellectual society informs the book's world. The novel's autobiographical force lies not in literal confession alone, but in its portrait of the young artist testing genius, desire, and independence against a philistine marketplace. This edition is recommended for readers of Shaw's plays, Victorian fiction, and the history of the modern artistic temperament. It reveals the apprenticeship behind the later master: provocative, humane, and intellectually restless.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A succinct Introduction situates the work's timeless appeal and themes.
- The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists.
- A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the era's events and influences that shaped the writing.
- An Author Biography reveals milestones in the author's life, illuminating the personal insights behind the text.
- A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings.
- Reflection questions prompt you to engage personally with the work's messages, connecting them to modern life.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.5 (171)
Includes Goodreads, LibraryThing, Amazon
GenreHumor, Literary Classics
Length20 hrs 26 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 31, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Love Among The Artists (Autobiographical Novel) (Annotated)
20CHAPTER IV
2Introduction
21CHAPTER V
3Synopsis
22CHAPTER VI
4Historical Context
23CHAPTER VII
5Author Biography
24CHAPTER VIII
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6George Bernard Shaw by G. K. Chesterton
25CHAPTER IX
7Introduction to the First Edition
26CHAPTER X
8The Problem of a Preface
27CHAPTER XI
9The Irishman
28CHAPTER XII
10The Puritan
29CHAPTER XIII
11The Progressive
30CHAPTER XIV
12The Critic
31BOOK II
13The Dramatist
32CHAPTER I
14The Philosopher
33CHAPTER II
15The Author to the Reader
34CHAPTER III
16BOOK I
35CHAPTER IV
17CHAPTER I
36Analysis
18CHAPTER II
37Reflection
19CHAPTER III
38Memorable Quotes
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