About this title: 'Not bloody likely' Ever since Pygmalion opened in London in April 1914 it has proved a very controversial play, from the (then) shocking language, to arguments about its correct ending. Critical interpretations have been similarly disputatious, encompassing views of the transformation of the impoverished Eliza Doolittle by phonetics expert Henry ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Published in 1962 by Penguin, a 125-page paperback with lady holding a bouquet and a 50-cent cover-price, and with pages tan due to age, but this is still a good copy. (506) read more
Edition: Later Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books, New York
Date Published: 1949
Description: Very Good- 12mo-over 63/4"-73/4" tall Used In vintage orange and white wraps, mm, 157pp. Penguin book #300. (light fading to wraps) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Holt Rinehart and Winston
Date Published: 1/1/1998
ISBN-13:9780030532993ISBN:003053299X
Description: Very Good. 003053299X VeryGood, Hardbound, book is like new, no wear, has library stampings on paste down and free endpaper(not written on however), great copy...All books are packaged with care to protect the corners. Ships same or next bussness day. read more
Binding: S Trade Paperback
Publisher: Penguin USA, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780140437898ISBN:0140437894
Description: Fine. Aside from a few stress marks to the cover, this book is as good as new. It is tight, free of markings and evidently unread. It's square and solidly bound with an uncreased spine. Its cover is as clean and lustrous as ever, free from any creasing--you'll cartwheel with delight when this book arrives! ! ! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Inc
Date Published: 1958
Description: Very Good. First owner signature inside front cover. Copyright 1944. Book in great condition. Thanks for shopping at Peaceful Valley Homestead. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 2003-02-04
ISBN-13:9780141439501ISBN:0141439505
Description: Very Good. Cover shows some shelf wear or creases. Name written inside cover. No highlighting or underlining. You're gonna love this book! read more
""the difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she's treated. I shall always be a flower girl to Professor Higgins, because he always treats me as a flower girl, and always will; but I know I can be a lady to you, because you always treat me as a lady, and always will." --Eliza Doolittle
I found this to be a much more interesting play performed than read. I really loved the dialogue between the characters. The originality of the story was great as well. I cannot wait to watch the movie version of "My Fair Lady"!"
"This is one of George Bernard Shaw's most celebrated plays. This play earned him both a Nobel Prize and an Oscar. It was also adapted into the film "My Fair Lady." It is funny, but cuts at a serious theme, conflict between the classes. This is perhaps why Shaw was so effective; he was able to use satire to make serious ideas palatable. Ultimately an attack on social morality and the advocation for socialism are at the center of this play.
I think you will enjoy it and be challenged by it, even if ultimately you reject his worldview.
(I listened to an audiobook performed by the L.A. Theater Co. I recommend it.)"
"This has been a favorite since I was a child. I loved old movies when I was a kid and would actually sit through the entire 4 hours of My Fair Lady and love every minute of it. (I actually know all the songs and if you get me drunk enough I'm sure you'll be hearing Just you wait Enry Iggins just you wait... or Wouldn't it be loverly.) So when I was 10 or 11 someone bought me this book for my birthday and it was love all over again. I heart Eliza."
"When I first read it, what I learned was that it was okay to denounce middle-class morality, and not every story ends in a happily ever after. Now I realize that it's also a critique of the extreme caste system in Britain, which still exists. A 60-ish British man, who was born in Yorkshire, told me that the best thing he had ever done was to take speech lessons, which allowed him to escape his working (or farming) class fate. The film with Dame Wendy Hiller is still the best adaptation."
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