Pygmalion [electronic resource]
George Bernard Shaw2003
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'Yes, you squashed cabbage leaf . . . you incarnate insult to the English
language: I could pass you off as the Queen of Sheba'
Pygmalion both delighted and scandalized its first audiences in 1914. A
brilliantly witty reworking of the classical tale of the sculptor who falls in
love with his perfect female statue, it is also a barbed attack on the British
class system and a statement of Shaw's feminist views. In Shaw's hands, the
phoneticist Henry Higgins is the Pygmalion figure who believes he can transform
Eliza Doolittle, a cockney flower girl, into a duchess at ease in polite
society. The one thing he overlooks is that his 'creation' has a mind of her
own.
With an Introduction by NICHOLAS GRENE
Main title:
Pygmalion [electronic resource] / George Bernard Shaw
Author:
George Bernard Shaw, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Penguin, 2003
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (144 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780141901275
Language:
English
BRN:
435750
Electronic access:
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |