The Black Girl In Search Of God And Some Lesser Tales

Bernard Shaw

• Publisher: Hesperides Press
• Year: 2016
• eBook ISBN:
  9781473350625
• Print ISBN:
  9781406733440
  9781443725033

This volume contains George Bernard Shaw's collection of short stories entitled "The Black Girl in Search of God, and Some Lesser Tales". It was first published in 1934. "The Black Girl In Search Of God" is a short story that follows a young girl who is newly converted to Christianity - and who embarks on a literal search for God. On her way, she comes into contact with a number of religious figures, each trying to convert her to their own faiths. This wonderfully sardonic allegory highlights Shaw's unorthodox ideas on faith and race, and was highly controversial when first published. George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) was an Irish playwright who co-founded of the London School of Economics. Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now, in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface to The Black Girl in Search of God
• The Black Girl in Search of God
• Aerial Football: the New Game
• The Emperor and the Little Girl
• The Miraculous Revenge
• The Theatre of the Future
• A Dressing Room Secret
• Don Giovanni Explains
• Beauty’s Duty
• Still after The Doll’s House
• The Domesticity of Franklyn Barnabas
• Death of an Old Revolutionary Hero
• The Serenade
• A Sunday on the Surrey Hills
• Cannonfodder