?Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby? Considered as the most appealing of all Shaw's plays, Pygmalion develops around the bet between Professor Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering, where Higgins claims to transform a ?guttersnipe? girl, Eliza Doolittle, to speak like a Duchess and takes her as his pupil. Through the play, the reader witnesses the surprising transformation of Eliza, her swooning relationship with Freddy and her demand for self-determination by rising to her own social maturity. A beautiful love story entangled in the wealth of humour, Pygmalion strives to fascinate the readers of every generation!
?Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby? Considered as the most appealing of all Shaw's plays, Pygmalion develops around the bet between Professor Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering, where Higgins claims to transform a ?guttersnipe? girl, Eliza Doolittle, to speak like a Duchess and takes her as his pupil. Through the play, the reader witnesses the surprising transformation of Eliza, her swooning relationship with Freddy and her demand for self-determination by rising to her own social maturity. A beautiful love story entangled in the wealth of humour, Pygmalion strives to fascinate the readers of every generation!
