02368cam a2200337 4500 778931030 TxAuBib 20230428120000.0 ||||||s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780062319654 0062319655 B00DY4SJKM Amazon 0253b749-4258-4c1c-8341-d807077cdb4d OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1355364 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Miller, Madeline. Galatea [Libby] : A Short Story. HarperCollins, 2013. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2093kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Literature. Mythology. Short Stories. HTML:<p>In Ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece – the most beautiful woman the town has ever seen – the gift of life. Now his wife, Galatea is expected to be obedience and humility personified, but it is not long before she learns to use her beauty as a form of manipulation. In a desperate bid by her obsessive husband to keep her under control, she is locked away under the constant supervision of doctors and nurses. But with a daughter to rescue, she is determined to break free, whatever the cost...</p> <p>Pygmalion's story has moved millions through the centuries, inspiring George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, and later the beloved musical My Fair Lady. Ecco is proud to publish Orange Prize-winning author Madeline Miller's E-book original short story Galatea which will appear in the forthcoming anthology xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths to be published in October. This retelling of the Pygmalion myth from the statue's perspective is a tale that will make readers rethink how they relate to the great myths of our time.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-04-28 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/galatea-0253b7?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/galatea-0253b7?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/galatea-0253b7?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)