A Woman of No Importance - Softcover

Wilde, Oscar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1482669633 ISBN 13: 9781482669633

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

One of the most famous plays by Oscar WIlde, A Woman of No Importance was first staged in 1893. Generous in wit and cynicism, the play indulges in the decadent rituals of the upper-class in late XIX century London, exposing its secrets and concealed immoralities until a secret that changes the life of the protagonists is revealed.

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About the Author:

Oscar Wilde was an Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest playwrights of the Victorian Era. In his lifetime he wrote nine plays, one novel, and numerous poems, short stories, and essays. Wilde was a proponent of the Aesthetic movement, which emphasized aesthetic values more than moral or social themes. This doctrine is most clearly summarized in the phrase 'art for art's sake'. Besides literary accomplishments, he is also famous, or perhaps infamous, for his wit, flamboyance, and affairs with men. He was tried and imprisoned for his homosexual relationship (then considered a crime) with the son of an aristocrat.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1482669633
• ISBN 13: 9781482669633
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 84