Book Cover
Book cover of Pygmalion
Also check out: Pygmalion's Wordplay: The Postmodern Shaw
by Jean Reynolds
PR5363 .P83 R49 1999 General (3rd floor)
George Bernard Shaw
- George Bernard ShawIncludes Plot Summary, List of Characters, Critical Views; Eliza's Growth and Higgins' Stagnation; Eliza, Clara, and Class Antagonisms; The Film Version of Pygmalion; Shaw and the Social System; England's Class System.
Pygmalion ebook
A free electronic copy of Pygmalion is available through Project Gutenberg. Scroll down to choose the format you wish to download.
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3825
Another free electronic copy can be found at Bartleby
Az Republic article on accents
Take a look at this Az Republic article (9/12/10) that discusses how the state is trying to eliminate accents in local Arizona school teachers.
Could you tie this into My Fair Lady or Pygmalion?
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