Pygmalion

this had no business being this good

This play was of course the inspiration for My Fair Lady. I remember reading this book at the mall while I waited for my organ lessons.

I miss the theatre so much.

Vividly witty and charming. Higgins is frustratingly disagreeable at times, but this only serves to drive the sharp satire home. Read the postscript!

Classic in its true sense. Touching on Britain's early 20th century social nature with a free stroke of humour and prose. A really short and enjoyable read.

lol this was for class but it was ok kinda funny

The musical is absolutely amazing and so I decided to read the play to which it was based upon and thought it was absolutely marvelous. The ending, though different from the movie was also fantastic in it's own way. Eliza Doolittle is one of the strongest females I've ever had the pleasure of reading about. One cannot help but applaud her efforts to be seen as more than just a flower girl. She has a strong sense of who she is and who she wants to be. Professor Higgins may be a tyrannical, bossy human being, but that's one of the things I love about the relationship he has with poor Eliza. They are both strong characters that could never be together because no matter how different they each proclaim they are, they really aren't. The saying "opposites attract and like forces repel" holds true. Eliza and Higgins are both very stubborn characters, fighting to maintain their independence.

*Read for class. "Galatea never does quite like Pygmalion: his relation to her is too godlike to be altogether agreeable." Is Higgins an annoying bastard? Yes. Does Eliza gets humiliated a lot? Yes. Did I like the play anyway? Also yes. I liked the way she changed and the way she dared! Not gonna make examples, but you probably know what I mean if you've read it. Also the last paragraph (I quoted it) of the book about Galathea and the whole myth on it's own... Marvelous.

Simply delightful. Disarmingly funny and surprisingly honest, this play captured me from the first page. The conflict between Eliza and Higgins amused me to no end. Their constant banter is bound to remain in my memory for quite some time, and I shall remember it fondly.

This is truly one of the best plays I have ever read. 💖

I read this for school

I found this play really interesting! A victorian age where you must wonder what Shaw was truly trying to get across. I found myself analyzing the text and noticing a hint of feminism; however, it isn't as noticeable as in most plays during this age. It's interesting how Mr. Higgins believes his ideas are more right than anyone else's - he believes that he is "helping" however, he is just making a photo copy of himself whether that was intended or not. It was great!