Heartbreak House vs Major Barbara: Which Should You Read?

Heartbreak House George Bernard Shaw · 1919 ★★★★☆ 3.7 160 pages · ≈ 2 h 58 m · Challenging

Published in 1919, Heartbreak House is an examination of the failings of the European leisure classes before World War I—failings that author George Bernard Shaw blamed for the war, and that he predicted would quickly…

Major Barbara George Bernard Shaw · 1909 ★★★★☆ 3.7 136 pages · ≈ 2 h 31 m · Moderate

This is a play with the theme of societal salvation and salvation of the human soul brought out in characters representing the rich versus the poor.