Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. school stamp inside front cover. former owner wrote name on cover (see image). 125 pages. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780140450224ISBN:014045022X
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Inside fr cover: Aggie Players Ass. Text clean, a little tanned, no creases. Spine creased. Cover fr hinge crease/small tear, edge/corner wear. Ship daily (carefully wrapped + fr domestic dc). Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 160 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Very Good. 014045022X Very good condition, minor wear. No major marks or damage. 100% satisfaction guaranteed. Great customer service and a no problem, EZ return policy. Real people, real service, since 1981. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics), Toronto, ON, Canada
Date Published: 1941
ISBN-13:9780140480030ISBN:014048003X
Description: Very Good. 014048003X Mass market paperback, previously read used book in very good condition, may have slight worn corners and varying degre..._ read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780140450224ISBN:014045022X
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Near very good, Binding flexible some, little edge wear wear. Clean pages. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 160 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Excellent condition, new, paperback. Small stain on front cover, pages just barely tanned, remainder mark. Clean and crisp. 014045022X. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Penguin, Harmondsworth
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780140480030ISBN:014048003X
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. 155p. : ill.; 19 cm. Penguin plays.. 'Definitive text'. Originally published: London: Constable, 1918. read more
"Shaw was a highly politicized writer, railing against the idea of easy-reads and political convention. He had a wild hair to completely disassemble the English language, putting it back together in a more orderly, logical, or simply phonetical manner. As we see today, he was not successful in this endeavor. He begins Pygmalion by using this amended alphabet, which is ambitious, but mostly abandons it after a short while, leaving only a footnote explaining his decision, citing the near indecipherability that would occur should the play be continued in this script. It is not unclear to see why his revolution failed, when its main proponent abandons it for readability."
""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."
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