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Pygmalion : a romance in five acts / by Bernard Shaw ; with ... drawings by

Pygmalion : a romance in five acts / by Bernard Shaw ; with ... drawings by Feliks Topolski Softcover - 1946

by Shaw, Bernard (1856-1950)

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Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1946. Reprint Penguin Edition. Softcover. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 157, [3] pages; 18 cm. Notes: First published in Penguin Books (film version), 1941. Summary: ""A barbed attack on the British class system, Pygmalion both delighted and scandalized its first audiences in 1914. 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."" Subjects: English drama -- 20th century. England -- Drama -- 20th century. Drama. English drama. Penguin classics.
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