Name: a woman of no importance
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Author: Wilde, Oscar ; Small, Ian
ISBN: 9780713673517

Type

Physical Book

Author

Oscar Wilde

Illustrated by

Ian Small

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Year

2004

Language

Inglés

Pages

128

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.8 x 13.3 x 1.3 cm

Weight

0.17 kg.

ISBN

0713673516

ISBN13

9780713673517

Edition No.

0002

Synopsis "a woman of no importance"

Staged in 1893, when Wilde had already achieved fame, wealth andnotoriety, A Woman of No Importance was another attempt to fuse comedyof manners with high melodrama. Gerald Arbuthnot is a young man on themake, with an American heiress and the post of secretary to thebrilliant but dissolute Lord Illingworth within his reach. When he askshis mother to celebrate with them, it turns out that Illingworth isGerald's father, who seduced and abandoned his mother twenty yearsearlier. Loyalty weighs heavier than ambition, and Gerald declines theassociation with Illingworth. This edition, which also analyses Wilde'svarious drafts and revisions of the play, argues that the playwrighthere continued to explore the rivalry between an older man and womanfor the affection of a beautiful young man.

Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde es considerado uno de los dramaturgos más destacados del Londres victoriano tardío. Además, fue una celebridad de la época debido a su gran y aguzado ingenio. Hoy en día, es recordado por sus epigramas, sus cuentos, sus obras de teatro, su única novela, El retrato de Dorian Gray, y la tragedia de su encarcelamiento, seguida de su muerte prematura.

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