Download or read book Lady Windermere s Fan written by Oscar Wilde and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series presents students with a library of outstanding plays, many of which are otherwise unobtainable, or available only in out-of-date or unannotated editions. The texts are newly edited, with modernized spelling and punctuation where appropriate; and there are scholarly introductions and annotation. Oscar Wilde was already one of the best-known literary figures in Britain when he was persuaded to turn his extraordinary talents to the theatre. Between 1891 and 1895 he produced a sequence of distinctive plays which spearheaded the dramatic renaissance of the 1890s, and retain their power today. The social comedies, Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, and An Ideal Husband, offer a moving as well as witty dissection of society and its morals, with a sharp focus on sexual politics. By contrast, the experimental, symbolist Salome, written originally in French, was banned for public performance by the English censor. Wilde's final dramatic triumph was his 'trivial' comedy for serious people, The Importance of Being Earnest, arguably the greatest farcical comedy in English.
Download or read book Lady Windermere s Fan written by Oscar Wilde and published by Xist Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-17 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read the Enduring Oscar Wilde “I can resist anything except temptation.” Lady Windermere's Fan, Oscar Wilde Lady Windermere's Fan. A play full of misunderstandings and deceptions in the high society world of Victorian London. This Xist Classics edition has been professionally formatted for e-readers with a linked table of contents. This eBook also contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it. Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes
Download or read book Lady Windermere s Fan written by Oscar Wilde and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Importance of Being Earnest an Ideal Husband Lady Windermere s Fan a Woman of No Importance written by O. Wilde and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lady Windermere s Fan A Woman of No Importance An Ideal Husband The Importance of Being Earnest Salom written by Oscar Wilde and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Importance of Being Earnest written by Oscar Wilde and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-03-24 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A Trivial Comedy for Serious People': its subtitle is the best summary of a play that is the theatrical equivalent of a butterfly. The verbal brilliance of its highly self-conscious characters hides deep anxieties about social and personal identity: Jack Worthing, found as a baby in a handbag at Victoria Station and named after a railway ticket, is prepared to be re-christened to obtain the Christian name - Earnest - his beloved Gwendolen requires in a husband; he then has to confront the stigma of being the illegitimate child of a servant, before fortune, and a benevolent dramatist, reveal his true and entirely respectable identity. This is the only one-volume edition of the play to include an appendix with earlier versions and additional scenes that allow an appreciation of Wilde's creative process.
Download or read book The Comedies written by Oscar Wilde and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the wit of Wilde in these four delightfully satiric plays—including his masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest. In the late nineteenth century, Oscar Wilde’s plays were the toast of London, celebrated for the Irish playwright’s mischievous wit, pointed social satire, and gift for energetic farce. Lady Windermere’s Fan: Gossip leads Lady Windermere to believe her husband is having an affair, and when the woman in question appears at her party, she makes an impulsive choice that threatens to destroy her reputation. An Ideal Husband: When a femme fatale blackmails prestigious politician Sir Robert Chittern, his wife is forced to re-evaluate her standards for “an ideal husband.” A Woman of No Importance: Young Gerald Arbuthnot is honored to be chosen as secretary to the sophisticated—and flirtatious—Lord Illingworth. So why does Gerald’s mother oppose the appointment? The Importance of Being Earnest: In the playful sendup of Victorian courtship and manners, bachelors Jack and Algernon each woo ladies using the ironic alias of “Ernest.”
Download or read book Lady Windermere s Fan Woman of No Importance Ideal Husband Importance of Being Earnest written by Oscar Wilde and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Importance of Being Earnest Other Plays written by Oscar Wilde and published by Boxtree. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The four great comedies of Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest, were all written at the height of the controversial Irish author's powers in his last, doomed decade, the 1890s. They remain among the most-loved, and most-quoted, of all drama in the English language. Along with Salome, his darkly decadent dramatization of the Bible story, these immortal plays continue to pack theatres, and have been adapted for every kind of media. This Macmillan Collector's Library edition of The Importance of Being Earnest & Other Plays echoes the book form in which Wilde originally insisted his plays were published, and includes illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley and an afterword by Ned Halley. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.
Download or read book The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays written by Oscar Wilde and published by Oxford Paperbacks. This book was released on 2008-04-17 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oscar Wilde was already one of the best known literary figures in Britain when he was persuaded to turn his extraordinary talents to the theatre. This is the only fully annotated edition of Wilde's major plays, which spearheaded the dramatic renaissance of the 1890s and retain their power today.[BOX TO GO ABOVE PLAYS] Under the General Editorship of Dr Michael Cordner of the University of York, the texts of these plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation. In addition, there is a scholarly introduction and detailed annotation.
Download or read book Lady Windermere s fan A woman of no importance written by Oscar Wilde and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lady Windermere s Fan written by Oscar Wilde and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman is a four-act comedy by Oscar Wilde, first produced 22 February 1892 at the St James's Theatre in London. The play was first published in 1893. Like many of Wilde's comedies, it bitingly satirizes the morals of society.The story concerns Lady Windermere, who suspects that her husband is having an affair with another woman. She confronts him with it but although he denies it, he invites the other woman, Mrs Erlynne, to his wife's birthday ball. Angered by her husband's supposed unfaithfulness, Lady Windermere decides to leave her husband for another lover. After discovering what has transpired, Mrs Erlynne follows Lady Windermere and attempts to persuade her to return to her husband and in the course of this, Mrs Erlynne is discovered in a compromising position. It is then revealed Mrs Erlynne is Lady Windermere's mother, who abandoned her family twenty years before the time the play is set. Mrs Erlynne sacrifices herself and her reputation to save her daughter's marriage. The best known line of the play sums up the central theme.
Download or read book Lady Windermere s Fan Oscar Wilde written by Oscar Wilde and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-03-21 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story concerns Lady Windermere, who suspects that her husband is having an affair with another woman. She confronts him with it but although he denies it, he invites the other woman, Mrs Erlynne, to his wife's birthday ball. Angered by her husband's supposed unfaithfulness, Lady Windermere decides to leave her husband for another lover. After discovering what has transpired, Mrs Erlynne follows Lady Windermere and attempts to persuade her to return to her husband and in the course of this, Mrs Erlynne is discovered in a compromising position. It is then revealed Mrs Erlynne is Lady Windermere's mother, who abandoned her family twenty years before the time the play is set. Mrs Erlynne sacrifices herself and her reputation to save her daughter's marriage.
Download or read book Lady Windermere s Fan and the Importance of Being Earnest written by Oscar Wilde and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Wilde Complete Plays written by Oscar Wilde and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-10 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains everything Wilde wrote in dramatic form Wilde's masterpiece The Importance of Being Earnest is printed here in its usual three-act form, but with an appendix containing the best material from the original four-act version. Also included are his three 'problem plays', Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance and An Ideal Husband, as well as his once-banned Salome and several other little-known but fascinating dramas. H. Montgomery Hyde, an acknowledged expert on Wilde and author of several books on him, provides an introduction to Wilde's life and work with special attention to the composition and performance of the plays. "Wilde is to me our only thorough playwright. He plays with everything: with wit, with philosophy, with drama, with actors and audiences, with the whole theatre" (George Bernard Shaw)
