Classic Novels Library

Candida

Candida

by Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950

BookID: 4023

Language:English

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 85.9 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

Marriage -- DramaMan-woman relationships -- Drama

Description

"Candida" by Bernard Shaw is a comedy written in 1894. A young poet falls in love with Candida, the wife of a successful clergyman, and attempts to win her away from what he sees as her mundane domestic life. The play challenges Victorian assumptions about love and marriage, asking what women truly desire from their husbands. Candida must ultimately choose between her devoted husband and her passionate admirer—but her choice reveals unexpected truths about strength, dependency, and the nature of love itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

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