01867 a2200229 4500 030327s2003 enk g 000 0 eng d 9780141439501 (pbk.) 822.912 21 SBP Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 48192 Pygmalion : a romance in five acts / Bernard Shaw ; definitive text under the editorial supervision of Dan H. Laurence ; introduction by Nicholas Grene. London ; New York : Penguin Books, 2003. xx, 122 p. ; 20 cm. Penguin classics Chronology of the life and times of Bernard Shaw -- Introduction -- Principal works of Bernard Shaw -- Preface -- Pygmalion. 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. This is the definitive text produced under the editorial supervision of Dan H. Laurence, with an illuminating introduction by Nicholas Grene, discussing the language and politics of the play. Also included in this volume is Shaw's preface, as well as his 'sequel' written for the first publication in 1916, to rebut public demand for a more conventionally romantic ending. Man-woman relationships Drama 48193 Speech and social status Drama 48194 Social classes Drama 48195 London (England) Drama 48196 Penguin classics 48197 ddc BOOK 37217 271717 0 0 ddc 0 1 732962 CL CL 2015-07-07 0 822.912 SBP 00212182 2015-07-07 00:00:00 1 2015-07-07 BOOK 0 0 ddc 0 0 732966 CL CL 2015-07-07 1 1 822.912 SBP 00212181 2020-01-28 00:00:00 2019-10-10 2 2015-07-07 BOOK 0 0 ddc 0 0 732968 CL CL 2015-07-07 0 822.912 SBP 00212180 2015-07-07 00:00:00 3 2015-07-07 BOOK 0 0 ddc 0 1 732970 SZM SZM 2015-07-07 0 822.912 SBP 00212184 2015-07-07 00:00:00 1 2015-07-07 BOOK 0 0 ddc 0 0 732971 SZM SZM 2015-07-07 0 822.912 SBP 00212183 2015-07-07 00:00:00 2 2015-07-07 BOOK