Pygmalion: Play Guide and Free Edition
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Pygmalion is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Shaw, Bernard (1856–1950).
Catalogue synopsis
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"Pygmalion" by Bernard Shaw is a play written in 1912. When phonetics professor Henry Higgins boasts he can transform a Cockney flower girl into a duchess simply by teaching her proper speech, Colonel Pickering takes the bet. Eliza Doolittle arrives at Higgins's door seeking lessons to improve her prospects, setting in motion a social experiment that will test class boundaries and personal transformation. This witty comedy became Shaw's most popular work, later inspiring the musical "My Fair Lady."
Book and edition facts
- Title: Pygmalion
- Author credits: Shaw, Bernard (1856–1950)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Comedy plays
- Flower vending -- Drama
- Linguistics teachers -- Drama
- London (England) -- Drama
- Social classes -- Drama
- Speech and social status -- Drama
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- Category: British Literature
- Category: Plays/Films/Dramas
- Nobel Prizes in Literature
- Plays
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