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"Which of the two heaps is me, I wonder!"

George Bernard Shaw describes his mother's "wildly funny" funeral

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Shaun Usher
Feb 22, 2023
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Please be aware that in the following (lighthearted!) letter, written on this day in 1913, George Bernard Shaw describes the funeral and cremation of his mother. It can also be found in the book, Letters of Note: Mothers.

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