Pygmalion: A Romance in Five Acts | 
pickI was surprised how much I enjoyed this play. The audio book is very well read, or rather - played. Especially Lucy Whybrow as Eliza is unforgettable. Often I found myself getting enraged because of the way Eliza is treated, but I started rooting for her more and more.
so-soI don‘t have much to say about this. A retelling of the myth, it‘s a very unusual premise for a play, but I‘m so glad it ends differently than the musical. The afterword by Shaw is helpful to read, but his analysis of the characters has a pop-psychology style which is bizarre. The only reason I‘m not panning this is because Eliza sticks up for herself at the end. I‘m rewatching the musical for a class so the comparison will be interesting.
pickThe 1964 adaptation with Audrey Hepburn, titled My Fair Lady, is my favorite movie. I‘ve been interested in reading this play for years. Glad I finally did. Superb.
#BookReport 36/21
Too busy to read much! But I did tick off 2 prompts for #Booked2021 with these books!
so-soI only read this play for #Booked2021 and was more amused by it than expected. I didn‘t even know My Fair Lady is based on Shaw‘s novella. And now I realize that the book isn‘t #PoetryOrWrittenInVerse but I hope a play will do too!
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Even if I didn't watch the movie yet or read the novel by Shaw, I immediately related #mannerly prompt to this.
I really should watch the movie in the nearly future 😁😅
Day 8
Feeling cute, might go to a horse race later, idk.
pickIs this the story that was made into a musical with Audrey Hepburn?
#acrossApril April 25: professor
“If you can‘t appreciate what you‘ve got, you‘d better get what you can appreciate.” Professor Henry Higgins
One of my favorite reads assigned in high school!! 🌻
It‘s gaining a whole new meaning now that I‘m learning about the book‘s namesake: Pygmalion from Greek myth — the one who fell in love with his creation. Gives it a whole Narcissus/Dorian Gray vibe too.
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The musical My #Fair Lady was based on George Bernard Shaw‘s Pygmalion.
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For St Patrick‘s Day, here‘s a stack of books from Irish authors! I‘ve read the bottom two, but the top three are still on my TBR.
pick4.5/5⭐ I love the movie/musical version, and the play it's based on didn't disappoint. It's funny, thought-provoking, and balances humor with deeper meaningful moments wonderfully. #irishreadathon
This isn‘t really book related. I went to see My Fair Lady last night. (Fathom Events) Somehow, I have lived 49 years and never seen it. Most of it, I loved. The music was delightful, and Audrey Hepburn was beautiful. However...the ending killed me! Professor Higgins was such an ass! He was so mean to Eliza - and she CAME BACK TO HIM! NO APOLOGY! I was so disappointed! Ugh...maybe it‘s me
A tentative #marchtbr #marchlineup. A few #litsyclassics are definites but we‘ll see how well I actually stay on track this month. Currently savoring Night Film and Horrorstör but I‘m sure I‘ll have to finish them at some point ?#readingresolutions #magicalmarch
#150PnPCoverParty #Transformation My favorite musical growing up. Dating myself here but I put grooves in my parents‘ soundtrack record on “I Could Have Danced All Night”. 😂 @CrowCAH @LeahBergen
pickThis play is all about first impressions. It‘s also hilarious and charming and I‘m feeling a serious urge to sit down and reread it now.
Interesting fact: It inspired the musical My Fair Lady.
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pickEliza was shaped into a #richmansdream as she became both more and less herself. I don't typically read plays, but this one speaks to me. I'm also partial to this beat-up old copy that I got who knows where.
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pickWell, that was a ton of fun! I loved the humor and humanity of Eliza Doolittle‘s story. Now I want to see this performed!
pickI adore My Fair Lady but had never read the source material. I found this little 1950s penguin edition of Pygmalion at a charity book sale for $1 (double the original list price!). It was such a fun read. Eliza is spunky and holds her own, a refreshing change from contemporaries of this play.
pickI feel like someone like John Green would be somewhat horrified by Bernard Shaw‘s ending “chapter” that tells everything that happens after the story ends. It‘s interesting that he felt the need to take that kind of ownership and explain why the reader was almost certainly interpreting the characters wrong.
It was a delightful read though.
“Theres menners f‘yer! Te-oo banches o voylets trod into the mad.”
I‘m so glad Bernard Shaw didn‘t feel the need to write all of Liza‘s speech this way.
Day 7 of #12DaysOfChristmas we have swans which have a temper but to me, seem very graceful when swimming. I chose Eliza Doolittle who was ever graceful after her lessons. The play and movie go further to show that she still has that angry flower girl under the grace though. 😂
I want to read Pygmalion again now since it‘s been years. 🤔😅
Besides, do any of us understand what we are doing? If we did, would we ever do it?
What is life but a series of inspired follies? The difficulty is to find them to do. Never lose a chance: it doesn't come every day.
pickI am snuggled up watching the trees blow in the wind and plugging away at creating the unofficial “official Rory Gilmore reading list” on goodreads (that way I have a whole shelf dedicated to this list) and saw that this gem is only 60¢!
If you haven‘t read the OG version and only seen Dr. Doolittle, get on it! Quick read- fun to read with friends. A funny classic. And only 60 pennies!
Received by first Bookishly shipment, it also came with tea but it is already brewing....
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pickPygmalion is not a romance. Rather, it is a snarky, witty examination of "middle class morality", the ethics of playing with a person's life and feelings; also, that of transformation, gaining self-respect, and strength of character. Shaw also examines the skewed morality of class and the station of women.
Eliza is too smart to marry Higgins - she would never live a life fetching slippers. Take that, My Fair Lady.
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HIGGINS. Have you no morals, man?
DOOLITTLE [unabashed] Cant afford them, Governor. Neither could you if you was as poor as me.
My first foray into #serialreader! What time do you guys have your deliveries set for? I went with 3pm but it feels like a weird time 😕
so-soThe ending didn't make sense. And frankly it wasn't the greatest character change that Eliza could have made. I'm disappointed with the story.
Plays are much more fun to watch than to read.
