Author

Publication

1955 - Dent, London

Language

English

Word Count

107,000 words, Guess

Page Count

428 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCPR5811 P4

Description

Oscar Wilde took London by storm with his first comedy, Lady Windermere's Fan. The combination of dazzling wit, subtle social criticism, sumptuous settings and the theme of a guilty secret proved a winner, both here and in his next three plays, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, and his undisputed masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest. This volume includes all Wilde's plays from his early tragedy Vera to the controversial Salome and the little known fragments, La Sainte Courtisane and A Florentine Tragedy. The edition affords a rare chance to see Wilde's best known work in the context of his entire dramatic output, and to appreciate plays which have hitherto received scant critical attention.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Everyman's library, 858. Poetry & drama

Other Editions

  • Plays, prose writings and poems.: Introd. by Hesketh Pearson.Dent1955-01-01
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