Pygmalion  |
| George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) |
Shaw uses a re-telling of Ovid's classical tale of the sculptor who falls in love with his statue of the perfect woman to promote his feminist views and satirize the British class system. In the play Professor Higgins plans to present the cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a duchess. Pygmalion both delighted and scandalised Edwardian audiences in 1914. The actress who played the role of Eliza was considered to have risked her career by speaking the line "Not bloody likely!". Later used as the basis for the film MyFair Lady starring Audrey Hepburn. |
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| Sylvia's Lovers |
| Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810 - 1865) |
Charming Charley Kinraid, harpooner, captures the heart of Sylvia but is then press-ganged into service to fight Napoleon. Her cousin, Philip Hepburn, has designs on Sylvia and is not above withholding vital information to get his way. Thus is the stage set for disaster... |
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| Tales of Hoffman |
| Jules Barbier (1825 - 1901) |
The opera, Tales of Hoffman tells of the three great loves of Hoffman - an automaton, a love forbidden, and a courtesan. |
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| The Awakening and Selected Short Stories |
| Kate Chopin (1851 - 1904) |
When first published in 1899 the work received a mixed critical reception; praise for its outstanding writing style and condemnation for it's frank presentation of the limits of a woman's role and its sexual openness. At the time the book only had one printing. After it's rediscovery in 1969 the book has been praised for its treatment of issues facing women and its wonderful style. |
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| The Princess of Cleves |
| Madame de Lafayette (1634 - 1693) |
Regarded by many as one of the first European novels and a classic of its era. Published anonymously in March 1678, and set in the royal court of Henry II of France a century earlier, it tells the story of the unspoken and unrequited love between Mme de Cleves and the irresistible Duc de Nemours. It recreates that era with remarkable precision as a backdrop for a poignant study of the human heart. |
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| The Tenant of Wildfell Hall |
| Anne Bronte (1820 - 1849) |
Considered to be one of the first feminist novels. Originally published in 1848, it challenged the prevailing morals of the time; a critic went so far as to pronounce it "utterly unfit to be put into the hands of girls". It is concerned with the story of a woman who leaves her abusive, dissolute husband, and who must then support herself and her young son. |
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| Therese Raquin |
| Emile Zola (1840 - 1902) |
Therese Raquin begins an affair with a friend of her husband. Their passion is such a contrast to her dry almost loveless marriage that they plot to drown her husband. The novel caused a scandal when it was published and Zola continued to be a controversial and notorious figure. |
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