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Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch
Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch ( 1918 – 20 )is an infrequently performed cycle of five plays by Bernard Shaw , beginning in the Garden of Eden and reaching the year ad 31,920, which examines the metaphysical implications of longevity. Shaw revised the text and its preface, and added a postscript, in the mid-1940s when choosing Back to Methuselah to represent his work in the Oxford University Press World's Classics series .
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