The Plays of Oscar Wilde (Collins Classics)

by Oscar Wilde

Overview

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.

‘London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years.’

Including some of Oscar Wilde’s most well-known and infamous plays, Lady Windermere’s Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, and The Importance of Being Earnest, this collection of the infamous writer’s works displays his brilliant, quick wit to its full glory. Wilde’s pithy social comedies dissect the morals and idiosyncrasies of society in the 1890s and offer a view of the sexual politics of the time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780007477449
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	05/31/2012
Series:	Collins Classics
Sold by:	HarperCollins Publishers
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
File size:	495 KB

About the Author

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born on the 16th October 1854 and died on the 30th November 1900. He was an Irish playwright, poet, and author of numerous short stories and one novel. Known for his biting wit, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. Several of his plays continue to be widely performed, especially The Importance of Being Earnest.

Date of Birth:

October 16, 1854

Date of Death:

November 30, 1900

Place of Birth:

Dublin, Ireland

Place of Death:

Paris, France

Education:

The Royal School in Enniskillen, Dublin, 1864; Trinity College, Dublin, 1871; Magdalen College, Oxford, England, 1874