My Fair Lady

by Alan Jay Lerner

Paperback, 1956

Status

Available

Call number

808

Genres

All Topics

Fiction

Collection

Your library

Publication

Signet (1956), Paperback, 128 pages

Description

Sparkling with wit, wisdom and wonderful songs including, 'I Could Have Danced All Night?, 'Wouldn?t It Be Loverly? and 'Get Me To The Church On Time?, the musical play based on Bernard Shaw?s 'Pygmalion? has been delighting audiences since it was first performed in the 1950s.When overbearing Professor Higgins stumbles on flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, in Covent Garden he recognizes that her hideous vowels and forgotten consonants are all that separate her from the upper classes. Higgins wagers that he can pass her off as a Duchess in a matter of weeks. But what will become of Eliza when the bet is over? This edition of 'My Fair Lady? includes the complete script and a selection of black and white stills from the Oscar-winning film starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member satomi

this stories's main character is a youing London woman with a very strong London accent and Professor Higgins. he manage to correct her accent. he teach her right accent. while he does that, love is growing between very different people. this story has the problem of whta english people think about

people who speak their language with differnt accents. it is so enjoyable. and it is worth reading.　it was also created as a movie. so after you watch the movie, you can enjoy this book more. i want to watch the movie especially Odolly hepbern. she is very pretty.

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LibraryThing member aya.

A young poor flower girl who had strong London accent met two gentlemen in chance.The next day, she offered them that they taught her good English and she started to live with them.She practiced hard and finally, she became a beautiful lady.
It was pretty story and I really enjoyed it. And it showed

the view of the English too.I want to watch that movie!

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LibraryThing member minamia

This is the story that Eliza Doolittle – a young London woman who is flower-seller with a very strong London accent – is educated for being a lady by Professor Higgins. This book was so interesting! But this was originally a musical. Listening to songs, I’ll be able to understand how great it

is more. I would like to see it.

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LibraryThing member nyanyanhoi

I had seen this story on movie. The girl who name is Eliza speaks dialect English. Dr. Higgins tried to her to speak Standard English. Then she becomes nice lady.
I like her character very much because no matter how hard thins were, she didn’t give up! I think she is really strong women. I want to

be women like her.

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LibraryThing member Devil_llama

A truly delightful classic with memorable songs and fun antics. It is interesting to see the way that the nature/nurture debate plays out in this piece without ever once mentioning the underlying assumptions, and makes for entertaining theatre, which is read better if you are familiar enough with

the piece that you know the tunes to the songs and can hear them in your head.

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