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One of the nineteenth century's most successful and most frequently
revived plays, An Ideal Husband has divided critics more than any
other of Wilde's plays. Treating political intrigue, financial
fraud, blackmail, scandal and spin, and the role of women in public
life, it is a play which engaged with issues of vital importance to
its late-Victorian audience, which continue to resonate today. Sos
Eltis, a specialist in Victorian drama and its relation to women's
issues, provides a stimulating new perspective on An Ideal Husband,
through an introduction that looks at its relation with
contemporary social purity campaigns, women's rights, and political
scandals. The introduction also gives a substantial performance
history, with particular reference to the play's film versions and
the influential Peter Hall theatre production.
Wilde's "trivial play for serious people" is a sparkling comedy of
manners. This hilariously absurd satire pits sincerity against
style, barbed witticisms against ostentatious elegance. Wilde's
brilliantly constructed plot and famous dialogue enrich the appeal
of his celebrated characters, as he turns accepted ideas inside out
and situations upside down in this, his masterpiece. The Student
Edition offers a plot summary, full commentary, character notes and
questions for study, besides a chronology and bibliography.
Horror hides behind an attractive face in The Picture of Dorian
Gray, Oscar Wilde's tale of a notorious Victorian libertine and his
life of evil excesses. Though Dorian's hedonistic indulgences leave
no blemish on his ageless features, the painted portrait imbued
with his soul proves a living catalogue of corruption, revealing in
its every new line and lesion the manifold sins he has
committed. Desperate to hide the physical evidence of his
unregenerate spirit, Dorian will stop at nothing—not even
murder—to keep his picture's existence a secret.  A
scandalous story when it was first published in 1890, The
Picture of Dorian Gray is acknowledged as a landmark of literature
today and a tale emblematic of its time. This volume is one of
Barnes & Noble's Collectible Editions classics. Each
volume features authoritative texts by the world's greatest authors
in an exquisitely designed foil-stamped binding, with
distinctive colored edging and an attractive ribbon bookmark.
Decorative, durable, and collectible, these books offer hours of
pleasure to readers young and old and are an indispensable
cornerstone for any home library.
Staged in 1893, when Wilde had already achieved fame, wealth and
notoriety, A Woman of No Importance was another attempt to fuse
comedy of manners with high melodrama. Gerald Arbuthnot is a young
man on the make, with an American heiress and the post of secretary
to the brilliant but dissolute Lord Illingworth within his reach.
When he asks his mother to celebrate with them, it turns out that
Illingworth is Gerald's father, who seduced and abandoned his
mother twenty years earlier. Loyalty weighs heavier than ambition,
and Gerald declines the association with Illingworth. This edition,
which also analyses Wilde's various drafts and revisions of the
play, argues that the playwright here continued to explore the
rivalry between an older man and woman for the affection of a
beautiful young man.
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Poems (Paperback)
Oscar Wilde
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quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
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quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
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imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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Poems (Paperback)
Oscar Wilde
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R551
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quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
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keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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