You Never Can Tell

""You Never Can Tell"" is a play written by George Bernard Shaw, first performed in 1897. The story is set in a seaside town in England and follows the Clandon family, who have returned to England after living abroad for many years. The family consists of Mrs. Clandon and her three children, Dolly, Philip, and Gloria. The play explores themes of love, marriage, and social class as the family navigates their return to English society.The play begins with the Clandons visiting a dentist, Dr. Valentine, who is immediately smitten with Gloria. However, Gloria is engaged to a stuffy lawyer named Walter, who disapproves of Dr. Valentine's unorthodox methods. Meanwhile, Dolly falls in love with a waiter named William, who turns out to be a long-lost relative. Philip, the eldest Clandon child, is a socialist who clashes with his conservative father, Fergus.As the play progresses, secrets are revealed, relationships are tested, and the characters must confront their own prejudices and assumptions about each other. Through witty dialogue and sharp social commentary, Shaw satirizes Victorian society and its rigid class structures.""You Never Can Tell"" is a comedic play that explores serious themes and is considered one of Shaw's most popular works. It has been adapted for film and television and remains a beloved classic of British literature.McCOMAS. Howled at! My dear good lady: there is nothing in any of those views now-a-days to prevent her from marrying a bishop. You reproached me just now for having become respectable. You were wrong: I hold to our old opinions as strongly as ever. I don't go to church; and I don't pretend I do. I call myself what I am: a Philosophic Radical, standing for liberty and the rights of the individual, as I learnt to do from my master Herbert Spencer.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.