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George Bernard Shaw’s classic play and satire of the British class system, first performed in 1913.\nFrom the Back Cover\nGeorge Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion premiered to audiences in 1913 and was an instant sensation. It introduced Eliza Doolittle as the common flower girl plucked from obscurity by phonetics teacher Henry Higgins, who attempts to elevate her into high society. What follows is a sharp critique on poverty, inequality and the rigid British class system of the Edwardian age, as Eliza gains her independence despite Higgins’ indifference and disregard. 
This text includes Shaw’s original ending: while many have sought to rewrite Pygmalion with a more satisfying conclusion, Shaw rebuffed any rewrites to give a ‘happier ending’ as ‘damnable.’ It remains Shaw's most popular play and has produced countless adaptations for stage and screen.

Pygmalion (Collins Classics)

Literature & Fiction

Shaw, George Bernard

Dramas & Plays

William Collins

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The complete texts of The Devil's Disciple, Pygmalion, In the Beginning, Heartbreak House, and Shakes Versus Shav are combined with letters, articles, reviews, and other writings representing the spectrum of Shaw's career

The Portable Bernard Shaw (Viking Portable Library)

Literary

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In the dusk of an October evening- a sensible looking woman of forty came out through an oaken door to a broad landing on the first floor of an old English country-house.' (Excerpt from Chapter 1)

The Unsocial Socialist (Virago Modern Classics)

Classics

The celebrated dramatist examines the causes and changing patterns of the political and economic climate of early-twentieth century Britain

Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism, Capitalism, Sovietism and Fascis

Major Critical Essays

Penguin Classics

Exclusive to Penguin Classics: the definitive text of Shaw’s telling indictment of the generation responsible for World War I—part of the official Bernard Shaw Library A Penguin Classic When Ellie Dunn joins a house party at the home of the eccentric Captain Shotover, she causes a stir with her decision to marry for money rather than love, and the Captain’s forthright daughter Hesione protests vigorously against the pragmatic young woman’s choice. Opinion on the matter quickly divides and a lively argument about money and morality, idealism and realism ensues as Hesione’s rakish husband, snobbish sister, and Ellie’s fiancé—a wealthy industrialist—enter the debate. Heartbreak House was written between 1916 and 1917, as war raged across Europe. With its bold combination of high farce and bitter tragedy, it remains an uncannily prophetic depiction of a society on the threshold of an abrupt awakening. This is the definitive text under the editorial supervision of Dan H. Laurence. This volume includes Shaw’s preface of 1919, the cast list from the first production of Heartbreak House, and a list of his principal works.

Heartbreak House (Penguin Classics)

Exclusive to Penguin Classics: the definitive text of the first great twentieth-century English play and a classic exposé of the eternal struggle between the sexes—part of the official Bernard Shaw Library A Penguin Classic After the death of her father, Ann Whitefield becomes the joint ward of two men: the respectable Roebuck Ramsden and John Tanner, author of “The Revolutionist’s Handbook.” Believing marriage would prevent him from achieving his higher intellectual and political ambitions, Tanner is horrified to discover that Ann intends to marry him, and he flees to Spain with the determined young woman in hot pursuit. The chase even leads them to the underworld, where the characters’ alter egos discuss questions of human nature and philosophy in a lively debate in a scene often performed separately as “Don Juan in Hell.” In Man and Superman, Shaw combined seriousness with comedy to create a satirical and buoyant exposé of the eternal struggle between the sexes. This is the definitive text produced under the editorial supervision of Dan H. Laurence. The volume also includes Shaw’s preface of 1903 and his appendix, “The Revolutionist’s Handbook”; the cast list from the first production of Man and Superman; and a list of his principal works.

Man and Superman (Bernard Shaw Library)

Reference

Shaw radically reworks Ovid's tale with a feminist twist: while Henry Higgins successfully teaches Eliza Doolittle to speak and act like a duchess, she adamantly refuses to be his creation. This brilliantly witty exposure of the British class system will always entertain-first produced in 1914, it remains one of Shaw's most popular plays.

Pygmalion

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Pygmalion (Collins Classics)

Pygmalion (Collins Classics)

Modern Classics Black Girl In Search Of God And Some Lesser Tales

The Portable Bernard Shaw (Viking Portable Library)

The Unsocial Socialist (Virago Modern Classics)

Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism, Capitalism, Sovietism and Fascis

Major Critical Essays

Heartbreak House (Penguin Classics)

Man and Superman (Bernard Shaw Library)

Pygmalion