Name: A Woman of no Importance [Soft Cover ]
Price: 15.78 EUR
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Author: Oscar Wilde
ISBN: 9789356564350

portada A Woman of no Importance [Soft Cover ]

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Physical Book

Author

Oscar Wilde

Publisher

Double 9 Bookslip

Language

English

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9789356564350

A Woman of no Importance [Soft Cover ]

Oscar Wilde (Author) · Double 9 Bookslip · Paperback

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Synopsis "A Woman of no Importance [Soft Cover ] "

Lord Illingworth wants to hire Gerald Arbuthnot, a charismatic and flirty male politician, as his secretary. The first scene of the play takes place at a party on a patio on Lady Hunstanton's estate, and the high-class visitors spend the majority of Act I exchanging small chats and social gossip. After some small conversation, they get to discuss Hester's puritanical outlook and her need for privacy. The wealthy women learn that Gerald is the illegitimate child of a scandalous single mother and an aristocracy. Her son is all she has, she begs him to leave him alone. Gerald speaks highly of his mother and wonders why she has never told him about his father as Act III starts. The drama examines a wide range of topics, including humor, tragedy, savages, and global culture. In the last scene, Gerald tries to take his mother home when she requests him to do so. Gerald arrives home alone and is upset that his mother won't acknowledge him as her son. Hester departs to avoid her judgmental mother when he brings his mother home. With the intention of seeing Mrs. Arbuthnot, Lady Hunstanton and Mrs. Allonby are seen entering. When the maid informs them that she has a headache, the two quickly leave after complimenting her taste.

Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde is considered one of the most prominent playwrights of late Victorian London. Additionally, he was a celebrity of the time due to his great and sharp wit. Today, he is remembered for his epigrams, his short stories, his plays, his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the tragedy of his imprisonment, followed by his premature death.

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