Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #27440 in Books
• Published on: 2000-04-20
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 480 pages

Synopsis
This book comes with an introduction and notes by Anne Varty, Royal Holloway, University of London. 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 era to the controversial "Salome" and the little known fragments, "La Sainte Courtisane" and "A Florentine Tragedy". This 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.

Customer Reviews

A comedian for all our times
best known for his work 'a picture of Dorian Grey' - which I also urge anyone to read, his most famous play is 'The Importance of being Ernest'. Whether you have seen the film or not, it is far more funny in the book version. Wilde manipulates his comic talents so well in this play, making every other utterance one of amusement. His other works, such as 'A woman of no importance' are equally wonderful.