Author: Shaw, Bernard (1856-1950)
Title: Pygmalion : a romance in five acts
Description: Harmondsworth: Penguin 1946. Reprint Penguin Edition. 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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Title: Pygmalion : a romance in five acts
Description: Harmondsworth: Penguin 1946. Reprint Penguin Edition. 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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- Book number: 330804
- Book number: 330804