Vera or, The Nihilists

by Oscar Wilde

Overview

'Vera; or, The Nihilists' was Oscar Wilde's first play, and is one of his most interesting. It concerns a Russian barmaid who joins a terrorist group called 'The Nihilists' whose aim is the murder of the Russian tsar, eventually becoming their top assassin, before she is forced to make an extremely difficult choice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781479173006
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	08/22/2012
Pages:	72
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.17(d)

About the Author

The ever-quotable Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet who delighted Victorian England with his legendary wit. He found critical and popular success with his scintillating plays, chiefly The Importance of Being Earnest, while his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, scandalized readers. Imprisoned for two years for homosexual behavior, Wilde moved to France after his release, where he died destitute.

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