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Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

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Pygmalion
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ISBN/ASIN: 1461039843
Number of pages: 370

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An idealistic professor transforms an unsophisticated Cockney girl into a refined young lady in this classic drama set in turn-of-the-century London. The original story of Pygmalion is drawn from Greek mythology. This is a modern-day retelling of this myth.

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