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  • Pygmalion

    Pygmalion was written by George Bernard Shaw and first published in 1913. It is the story of Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics who makes a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering that he can successfully pass off a Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, as a refined society lady by teaching her how to speak with an upper class accent and training her in etiquette. In the process, Higgins and ... Read more

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  • Saint Joan

    Saint Joan is a 1923 play written by Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw depicting the life of Joan of Arc and first published in 1923. ... Read more

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  • Pygmalion

    George Bernard Shaw based his 1913 play "Pygmalion" on the Greek legend of the sculptor, Pygmalion. According to the classic tale, Pygmalion despised women but fell in love with his own sculpture of the goddess Aphrodite. He appeals to Aphrodite to give his statue life. She answers his prayer, and Pygmalion marries his creation.Shaw’s play takes place in Victorian London, where Henry Higgins, a ... Read more

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  • George Bernard Shaw: Collected Works

    Enriched edition. Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays

    The "Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw" is a comprehensive compendium that encapsulates the sharp wit, social criticism, and innovative theatrical techniques of one of the 20th century's most influential playwrights. This anthology showcases Shaw's extensive oeuvre, from his celebrated plays like "Pygmalion" and "Saint Joan" to his essays and prefaces that unveil his progressive ideas on ... Read more

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  • Pygmalion

    “The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it. They cannot spell it because they have nothing to spell it with but an old foreign alphabet of which only the consonants – and not all of them – have any agreed speech value.After a chance meeting with fellow linguist Colonel Pickering, phonetics professor Henry Higgins makes a bet that he can pass off ... Read more

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  • Major Barbara

    “Major Barbara” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Major Barbara is a three-act English play by George Bernard Shaw. The story concerns an idealistic young woman, Barbara Undershaft, who is engaged in helping the poor as a Major in the Salvation Army in London. For many ... Read more

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  • Plays Pleasant

    "Plays Pleasant" is a collection of four plays by George Bernard Shaw, first published in 1898: Arms and the Man; Candida; The Man of Destiny; and, You Never Can Tell.One of Bernard Shaw’s most glittering comedies, Arms and the Man is a burlesque of Victorian attitudes to heroism, war and empire. In the contrast between Bluntschli, the mercenary soldier, and the brave leader, Sergius, the true ... Read more

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  • The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays

    Plays, novels, essays, and political satire from a Nobel Prize winner

    This carefully crafted ebook: "The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was an Irish playwright, essayist, novelist and short story writer and wrote more than 60 plays. He is the only person to have been awarded both a Nobel Prize in ... Read more

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  • The Collected Works

    George Bernard Shaw's *The Collected Works* is a comprehensive anthology that encapsulates the wit and intellectual rigor of one of the most celebrated playwrights and critics of the early 20th century. With a distinctive style blending sharp dialogue with social commentary, Shaw's works explore themes of class struggle, gender dynamics, and the complexities of human relationships. This ... Read more

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  • George Bernard Shaw: The Collected Plays (Illustrated) (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Illustrated Collected Plays: Classic drama of comedy, philosophy, social critique, and political satire

    George Bernard Shaw: The Collected Plays (Illustrated) gathers the dramatic works of one of modern theatre's most incisive voices, presenting comedies, problem plays, and social satires that transformed the stage from mere entertainment into a forum for argument. Shaw's prose is brilliant, paradoxical, and combative; his dialogue fuses wit with moral inquiry. Set against the late Victorian and ... Read more

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  • Pygmalion

    Pygmalion is a play by George Bernard Shaw, named after a Greek mythological character. It was first presented on stage to the public in 1913.Professor of phonetics Henry Higgins makes a bet that he can train a bedraggled Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, to pass for a duchess at an ambassador's garden party by teaching her to assume a veneer of gentility, the most important element of which, ... Read more

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  • Pygmalion

    "Pygmalion" tells the story of Professor Henry Higgins, a phonetics expert, who makes a bet with his colleague Colonel Pickering that he can transform Eliza Doolittle, a working-class flower seller with a strong Cockney accent, into a refined and well-spoken lady. The play explores themes of social class, identity, and the power of language.As Professor Higgins teaches Eliza how to speak, dress, ... Read more

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