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Pygmalion
Pygmalion
Author: George Bernard Shaw
ISBN-13: 9780582060159
ISBN-10: 058206015X
Publication Date: 12/1991
Reading Level: Young Adult
Rating:
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3 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Book Type: Paperback
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It's interesting to read this play, which was adapted into the musical, My Fair Lady. Shaw's dialogue is, as always, crisp and witty.
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Love this story. It is the foundation for the movie, "My Fair Lady"
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Shaw used Pygmalion from Roman mythology as the basis for his play. It is the story of Professor Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics, who wagers that he can turn a Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, into the toast of London society merely by teaching her how to speak with an upper-class accent. In the process, he becomes fond of her and attempts to direct her future, but she rejects his domineering ways and marries a young aristocrat.