{"product_id":"arms-and-the-man-9780143039761","title":"Arms and the Man","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): George Bernard Shaw\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: MixBT\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: MixBT\u003cbr\u003e • Subject: Creative Writing, Fiction\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\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.","brand":"Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45408445759639,"sku":"9780143039761","price":1023.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780143039761.webp?v=1769292143","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/arms-and-the-man-9780143039761","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}