by George Bernard Shaw, Dan Laurence · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140450224
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«Pygmalion: A Romance in Five Acts» is the play by George Bernard Shaw, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (160 pages, in English).
The phonetics professor Henry Higgins bets he can turn Eliza Doolittle, a cockney flower girl, into a lady of high society just by teaching her to speak properly. The story, which inspired the musical My Fair Lady, pits Eliza against Higgins and against class rigidities as she claims her independence.
This Penguin Classics edition belongs to the Shaw Library collection and includes an introduction by Dan Laurence.
A work frequently found in literature programs, aimed at readers interested in classic theater and social criticism.
George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923). With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and was awarded the 1925 Nobel Prize in Literature.
