Shaw’s Novels—Dramatic Narratives

This chapter continues the discussion of the five novels of Bernard Shaw, and focuses on his last two complete novels, Cashel Byron’s Profession and An Unsocial Socialist. Lydia Carew and Sidney Trefusis thrive as early interior authors who carry Shaw’s message of anti-censorship, the reformation of the novel, and social justice. The chapter closes with a look at Shaw’s growing aversion to the novel form.