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The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays
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ISBN/EAN: 9781473545632
Umbreit-Nr.: 4139452
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 384 S., 2.17 MB
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Erschienen am 07.07.2016
Auflage: 1/2016
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- Zusatztext
- Who would have thought a comedy of manners written more than a hundred years ago would still be so apt and so funny? Oscar Wilde was a genius of play-writing, and his deftness, wit and sharp eye for social satire keep audiences in thrall to this day. Alongside<i>Earnest</i>, discover a biblical tragedy retold, Lady Windemere and her infamous fan and Wilde's take on an ideal husband, in this selection of Wilde's most important plays.
- Autorenportrait
- <p>Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin on 16 October 1854. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin and Magdalen College, Oxford. He later lived in London and married Constance Lloyd there in 1884. Wilde was a leader of the Aesthetic Movement. His only novel,<i>The Picture of Dorian Gray</i>, was first published in<i>Lippincott's Monthly Magazine</i>in 1890. He published a revised and expanded edition in 1891 in response to negative reviews which criticised the books immorality. Wilde became famous through of the immense success of his plays such as<i>Lady Windemere's Fan</i>(1892),<i>An Ideal Husband</i>(1895) and<i>The Importance of Being Earnest</i>(1895).</p><p>In 1985, after a public scandal involving Wilde's relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas, he was sentenced to two years' hard labour in Reading Gaol for 'gross indecency'. His poem<i>The Ballad of Reading Gaol</i>was based on his experiences in prison and was published in 1898. After his release, Wilde never lived in England again and died in Paris on 30 November 1900. He is buried in Père Lachaise cemetery.</p>