Description

Oscar Wilde was at the same time a household man and a gay outsider, a socialite, socialist, and Irish nationalist. His contradictions impressed him to consider the masks and functions worn in society, and his wry observations and severe are incredibly displayed in this assortment of his important plays. Recognized not just for his brilliant, epigrammatic vocabulary, but additionally for his sense of theatrical style, colour, and hosting, Wilde produced a permanent body of finely-crafted works, whose ironies and pleasures nevertheless talk to contemporary viewers. Along with Lady Windermere's Fan, Salomé, A Female of No Importance, A Perfect Husband, A Florentine Tragedy, and The Importance to Be Earnest, this version includes an introduction, notes and commentaries, and an excised picture from The Importance to Be Earnest.