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    An Unsocial Socialist CHAPTEE I IN the dusk of an October evening, a sensible looking woman of forty came out through an oaken door to a broad landing on the first floor of an old English country-house. A braid of her hair had fallen forward as if she had been stooping over book or pen; and she stood for a moment to smooth it, and to gaze contemplatively not in the least sentimentally through the tall, narrow window. The sun was setting, but its glories were at the other side of the house; for this window looked eastward, where the landscape of sheepwalks and pasture land was sobering at the approach of darkness. The lady, like one to whom silence and quiet were luxuries, lingered on the landing for some time. Then she turned towards another door, on which was inscribed, in white letters, CLASS EOOM No.
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    A good read for a liberal-leaning mind but not likely to raise the reader to actionPerhaps someday I'll feel qualified to comment on a Shavian novel as a true critic but, at this stage of my reading, I think I would be better just saying that I found the satire there but just not as biting as Major Barbara, for instance. 4The New World PrigSidney Trefusis , son and heir to a cotton merchant, despises the world of class and privilege he was born into and takes up the socialist cause. Deserting his wife of six weeks, he poses as a labourer and-once rumbled in that guise-as a gentleman agitator for the socialist cause. But chief among his people to reform and convert are the society women in his circle who are simply expected to be unthinking adornments to their husbands who offer "Class" and "Good breeding" to atone for the vapid life they offer. If women can be made to wake up to their condition, surely the socialist cause will advance far quicker! Shaw's 1884 novel is entertaining enough, but isn't really sure what it wants to be-the comedy of the early chapters soon switching to political preaching and melancholy. Trefusis is a ridiculous prig and the naivety of his politics is made more grating by the fact there is no challenge to them. That capitalism is brutal-earning the merchants such as Trefusis's father more than they could ever hope to spend, whilst the working class are denied the right to earn even enough to subsist-is undeniably the great social evil of its (and subsequent) days; but Shaw is na ve in thinking flowery political solutions that sound great in theory, rarely(never?) translate into reality as politics (as any reader of Orwell will tell you) is about power over the people; NOT for the people. Perhaps a better answer already existed-Cadbury who built quality homes for his workers and paid them well, or the John Lewis model where the workers (still to this day) take a share in the profits they help generate-and could have been used by social reformers to force all capitalists to follow a just model, whereas the political model just caused a superb reason for them to entrench their position. All in all, 'An Unsocial Socialist' is a bit of a quaint curiosity now as far as the politics goes, but it still stands up as a beacon for the feminist cause and the role of women in society. It also gives a useful window to look into and see the winds for social change that were blowing in to Victorian Britain and the world in general. 4Five Starsvery good 5Five StarsYou can''t beat Shaw! 5Pointless, over written storyThe only character to really root for is underwritten, whereas the titular socialist takes up all the book and is horrid. A good sense of Shaw's language and argument construction, but by no means an enjoyable read. 1Best read the plays for Shaw the future Nobel laureate - novels not his strong suit.Downloaded this in preparation for a performance of a play adapted from the novel, one of Shaw's few before he seems to have recognized that plays best conveyed his views. Would not recommend to anyone except a Shaw scholar - stodgy prose and, for 2015, less-than-compelling ideas. 1Great readThis was a very entertaining book. At first a story of a bunch of girls in school and tales of truancy and fighting against the system using the system and then the introduction of a love interest, then it evolves into a story about social standing and expectation with the love interest and then it dwells on socialism and social standing for the rest of the books. 5Four StarsVery good, with discussions applicable to today's debates/ 4policy is thinking that tries to float upstreamShaw lived on after the death of Jack London on November 22, 1916, but he never wanted to think what everybody else was thinking, so he was not prone to find glory except as contradictions made faith bow to overcoming a past that was not really our future. 4A Curiosity, But Not Up TO His PlaysCompared to his plays, this novel is not nearly as well constructed or as well written. There are occasional stabs at humor, which to me came across as the character being obnoxious. The plot is absurd, and the political message is so in your face as to be more consistent with a game effort by a much less gifted author. Indeed, even a great artist can create works that just don't meet the standards of greatness. Stick to the plays. 3
    An Unsocial Socialist (Classic Reprint)

    An Unsocial Socialist (Classic Reprint)

    3.4
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