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Back to Methuselah

George Bernard Shaw

BOOK TYPE
Drama
READING TIME
At your own pace
WORDS
112,506
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About this book

Five linked plays explore human longevity and governance.

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  1. Titlepage
  2. Imprint
  3. The Infidel Half Century
    1. The Dawn of Darwinism
    2. The Advent of the Neo-Darwinians
    3. Political Inadequacy of the Human Animal
    4. Cowardice of the Irreligious
    5. Is There Any Hope in Education
    6. Homeopathic Education
    7. The Diabolical Efficiency of Technical Education
    8. Flimsiness of Civilization
    9. Creative Evolution
    10. Voluntary Longevity
    11. The Early Evolutionists
    12. The Advent of the Neo-Lamarckians
    13. How Acquirements Are Inherited
    14. The Miracle of Condensed Recapitulation
    15. Heredity an Old Story
    16. Discovery Anticipated by Divination
    17. Corrected Dates for the Discovery of Evolution
    18. Defying the Lightning: A Frustrated Experiment
    19. In Quest of the First Cause
    20. Paley’s Watch
    21. The Irresistible Cry of Order, Order!
    22. The Moment and the Man
    23. The Brink of the Bottomless Pit
    24. Why Darwin Converted the Crowd
    25. How We Rushed Down a Steep Place
    26. Darwinism Not Finally Refutable
    27. Three Blind Mice
    28. The Greatest of These Is Self-Control
    29. A Sample of Lamarcko-Shavian Invective
    30. The Humanitarians and the Problem of Evil
    31. How One Touch of Darwin Makes the Whole World Kin
    32. Why Darwin Pleased the Socialists
    33. Darwin and Karl Marx
    34. Why Darwin Pleased the Profiteers Also
    35. The Poetry and Purity of Materialism
    36. The Viceroys of the King of Kings
    37. Political Opportunism in Excelsis
    38. The Betrayal of Western Civilization
    39. Circumstantial Selection in Finance
    40. The Homeopathic Reaction Against Darwinism
    41. Religion and Romance
    42. The Danger of Reaction
    43. A Touchstone for Dogma
    44. What to Do with the Legends
    45. A Lesson from Science to the Churches
    46. The Religious Art of the Twentieth Century
    47. The Artist-Prophets
    48. Evolution in the Theatre
    49. My Own Part in the Matter
  4. Dramatis Personae
  5. Back to Methuselah
    1. Part I: In the Beginning
      1. Act I
      2. Act II
    2. Part II: The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas
    3. Part III: The Thing Happens
    4. Part IV: Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman
      1. Act I
      2. Act II
      3. Act III
    5. Part V: As Far as Thought Can Reach
  6. Colophon
  7. Uncopyright

Edition & source

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SOURCE PUBLICATION DATE
2026-02-25
SOURCE EDITION UPDATED
2026-08-04
ADDED TO iREADALL
2026-10-13
Edition contributors
  • The League of Moveable Type (tyd)
  • George Bernard Shaw (aut, wpr)
  • Roelant Savery (art)
  • Suzanne Shell (trc)
  • Distributed Proofreaders (trc)
  • Asher Smith (bkp, blw, cov, mrk, pfr, tyg)
  • David Reimer (pfr)
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