title: Bernard Shaw: The One-Volume Definitive Edition
author: Michael Holroyd
description: "Michael Holroyd is readable, sensible, and wise.... He has written a remarkable book, as authoritative as it is enchanting."
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  [Dedication](index_split_003.html#filepos1230)
  
  To the underdogs of the world
  
  And to George Bernard Shaw for offering inspiration
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Contents
  
    1. [Cover](index_split_000.html#filepos152)
    2. [Title Page](index_split_001.html#filepos302)
    3. [Dedication](index_split_002.html#filepos409)
    4. [Chapter 1](index_split_004.html#filepos6369)
    5. [Chapter 2](index_split_005.html#filepos39208)
    6. [Chapter 3](index_split_006.html#filepos79973)
    7. [Chapter 4](index_split_007.html#filepos104211)
    8. [Chapter 5](index_split_008.html#filepos137525)
    9. [Chapter 6](index_split_009.html#filepos162797)
    10. [Chapter 7](index_split_010.html#filepos186086)
    11. [Chapter 8](index_split_011.html#filepos195744)
    12. [Chapter 9](index_split_012.html#filepos215719)
    13. [Chapter 10](index_split_013.html#filepos235238)
    14. [Chapter 11](index_split_014.html#filepos251446)
    15. [Chapter 12](index_split_015.html