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As told by Thomas Bulfinch. Pygmalion. versus Pygmalion By George Bernard Shaw. Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1868. Etienne-Maurice Falconet. 26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950 Irish playwright, author, activist Awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature (1925) Awarded an Oscar (1938)
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As told by Thomas Bulfinch Pygmalion versus Pygmalion By George Bernard Shaw
26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950 Irish playwright, author, activist Awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature (1925) Awarded an Oscar (1938) Both awards were for his work Pygmalion George Bernard Shaw
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