Pygmalion: 1941 version with variants from the 1916 edition

Pygmalion – here presented in its definitive 1941 version, with footnotes indicating the textual variants from the first volume edition of 1916 – has spawned a great number of adaptations, among them the famous 1956 Broadway musical My Fair Lady, and shows ancient myth’s undiminished ability to find new incarnations in modern life.

Pygmalion - prezentat aici in versiunea sa definitiva din 1941, cu note de subsol care indica variantele textuale din prima editie a volumului din 1916 - a dat nastere unui numar mare de adaptari, printre care celebrul musical de pe Broadway din 1956 My Fair Lady, si arata capacitatea nediminuata a mitului antic de a gasi noi incarnari in viata moderna.