Pygmalion

In the novel Pygmalion, what is Eliza's reason for wanting to speak properly?

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THE FLOWER GIRL. I want to be a lady in a flower shop stead of selling at the corner of Tottenham Court Road. But they won't take me unless I can talk more genteel. He said he could teach me. Well, here I am ready to pay him--not asking any favor--and he treats me as if I was dirt.

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Pygmalion