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George Bernard Shaw was the youngest child in his family. His father, George Carr Shaw, was a drunkard and his mother, Lucinda Elizabeth Gurly Shaw, a professional singer. When Bernard Shaw was almost 16, Lucinda left her husband, six years her senior, and moved to London with her vocal coach. Although she brought along her two daughters, she left Bernard Shaw with his father, although he later left his father and followed his family to London. His mother, while having a close relationship with his sisters, remained emotionally distant from her only son. She never even made an attempt to teach him music or send him to a University, though he was obviously bright. This distant and dysfunctional relationship with his mother is evident in the excerpt from the letter Bernard Shaw wrote concerning the death of his mother.
Shaw's tone in the passage describing his mother's cremation is eerily detached and cool, but still slightly caring. He describes the process as mysterious and......

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