English literature the book is designed to acquaint students with the main outlines

part in solving human problems. As literary critics state, Shaw’s manner of expression is based on real facts and he exposes truth through satire and sarcasm.

The creative work of Bernard Shaw began with novels: “Im­ maturity” (1879), “The Irrational Knot” (1880),“Cashel Byron’s Profession” ( 1882), “An Unsocial Socialist”( 1883), “Love Among the Artists” ( 1888), but they were not a success, and in 1892 the author turned to dramatic writing. His intellectual equip­ ment was far greater than that of any of his contemporaries. He alone had understood the greatness of Norwegian dramatist Ibsen, and he was determined that his own plays should also be a ve­ hicle for ideas. He had accepted a burden in his dramas, beyond the presentation of plot and characters. He had signed a contract with himself, and with the spirit of Ibsen, that each play should present a problem and discuss it thoroughly.

His most important plays are:, “Widowers’ Houses” (1893), “Philanderer”, “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” (1898) - that form a group of “Plays Unpleasant”; “Candida” (1898), “Arms and the Man”, “The Man of Destiny”, “You Never Can Tell” - a group of “Plays Pleasant”; “The Devil’s Disciple” (1901), “Caesar and Cleopatra” (1901), “Captain Brassbound \s Conversion” - a group “Three Plays for Puritans”. “Man and Superman” (1903), “John Bull’s Other Island” 1906), “Major Barbara”( 1907), “Heartbreak House” (1917), “Pygmalion” (1919), “Saint Joan”(l 923), “Back to Methuselah” (1921), “The Apple Cart” (1930), “Too Good to Be True” (1932), “On the Rocks” (1933) are other popular plays written by Shaw. In these plays the author criticizes the vices of the existing society. They also reveal human psychology as a prod­ uct of this society.