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ap3rson
07-03-2013, 11:39 AM
Greetings dear readers,

Growing fascination with Pygmalion effect brought me to your forum. I was hoping that some of you might know of good literature centered around Pygmalion effect (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_effect). Expectations becoming reality, the more tragic, the better. Bernard Shaw seems to have a play called "Pygmalion", but I am afraid that it might be based on the hero of Greek legends and has less to do with psychological effect named after him.

Any help and suggestions are welcome. Also, I love Russian classics and if you can think of a Russian author relevant to the topic I'll be ever so grateful!