Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw
"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." (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 |
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| Title | Pygmalion |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_(play) |
| Credits | Eve Sobol. HTML version by Al Haines |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 84.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Comedy plays |
| Subject | Speech and social status -- Drama |
| Subject | London (England) -- Drama |
| Subject | Linguistics teachers -- Drama |
| Subject | Social classes -- Drama |
| Subject | Flower vending -- Drama |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 3825 |
| Release Date | Mar 1, 2003 |
| Most Recently Updated | Apr 13, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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