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@peterhoneyman@a2mi.social
2025-07-27 17:53:11

Last week, I finished a book that I really liked but the one I followed up with was a letdown so I reckoned I would finally read Elana Ferrante’s “My Brilliant Friend,” which everyone says is so great and it’s on my shelf anyway, bu then I found this old edition of GB Shaw plays and I’m reading that instead, Pygmalion first. It’s very funny — I laughed out loud in Act V. Also — spoiler alert! — it has a better ending than the 1964 film (which I love anyway!).

This photo shows the cover of a vintage hardcover book titled “Four Plays by Bernard Shaw.” The cover is a textured reddish-brown cloth with a black rectangular label centered near the top. The title and author’s name are stamped in gold lettering on the label: FOUR PLAYS BY BERNARD SHAW A gold-inked rectangular border surrounds the black label, and at the bottom right of the border is a small, stylized design that resembles a publisher’s colophon. The cover shows some wear, indicating …
Title page: FOUR PLAYS BY BERNARD SHAW CANDIDA CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA PYGMALION HEARTBREAK HOUSE INTRODUCTION BY LOUIS KRONENBERGER THE MODERN LIBRARY • NEW YORK
Copyright page: CANDIDA: Copyright, 1898, by George Bernard Shaw Renewal Copyright, 1926, by George Bernard Shaw CESAR AND CLEOPATRA: Copyright, 1900, by Herbert S. Stone & Co. Renewal Copyright, 1928, by George Bernard Shaw PYGMALION: Copyright, 1913, by George Bernard Shaw Renewal Copyright, 1941, by George Bernard Shaw HEARTBREAK HOUSE: Copyright, 1919, by George Bernard Shaw Renewal Copyright, 1947, by George Bernard Shaw Copyright, 1953, by Random House, Inc. All rights fully protect…