As will be seen later on, Pygmalion needs, not a preface, but a sequel, which I have supplied in its due place.
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2018-06-25, Black & White Classics
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Pygmalion
2009-05, Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
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Pygmalion
2005 August, Pocket Books
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Pygmalion: A Romance in Five Acts
1998?, Klett
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Pygmalion: A Romance in Five Acts
1974, Penguin Books
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Pygmalion
1973-07, Washington Square Press, Pocket Books
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- First Pocket Books Printing (6)
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Pygmalion: A Romance in Five Acts
1961, Longmans, Green, and Co.
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"THE DAUGHTER [in the space between the central pillars, Close to the one on her left] I'm getting chiIIed to the bone."
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Pygmalion is a play by George Bernard Shaw, named after a Greek mythological figure. It was first presented on stage to the public in 1913.
Also contained in:
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Collected Plays with their Prefaces: Volume IV
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Complete Plays with Prefaces: Volume I
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Four Plays by Bernard Shaw
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Portable Bernard Shaw
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Pygmalion and Major Barbara
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Pygmalion and My Fair Lady
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Pygmalion and Related Readings
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Pygmalion and Three Other Plays
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Pygmalion with Connections
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Selected Plays
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Selected Plays with Prefaces
- Six Plays
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