The Complete Plays: The Importance Of Being Earnest + Salome + A Woman Of No Importance + Lady Windermere's Fan and more (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Victorian Wit and Social SatireBy Oscar Wilde
Length21h 5m
About this audiobook
This collection gathers Oscar Wilde's major dramatic works, including The Importance of Being Earnest, Salomé, Lady Windermere's Fan, and A Woman of No Importance, revealing the full range of his theatrical genius. Wilde's plays combine sparkling epigram, social satire, melodramatic structure, and aesthetic daring. Set within the late Victorian stage tradition, they both exploit and subvert drawing-room comedy, exposing hypocrisy, gendered double standards, and the performative nature of respectability. Oscar Wilde, born in Dublin in 1854, was educated at Trinity College and Oxford, where he absorbed classical literature, aesthetic philosophy, and the art of paradox. His reputation as a wit, critic, poet, and public personality shaped his drama profoundly: the plays reflect his fascination with masks, desire, beauty, and moral convention. His own conflicts with Victorian society lend particular poignancy to works that question public virtue and private identity. Readers seeking theatre that is intellectually agile, theatrically elegant, and enduringly provocative will find this volume indispensable. Wilde's comedies remain dazzlingly entertaining, while Salomé offers a darker, symbolist counterpoint. Together, these plays reward both casual enjoyment and serious study.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics
Length21 hrs 5 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 10, 2013
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
26ACT ONE
2Introduction
27ACT TWO
3Author Biography
28ACT THREE
4Historical Context
29ACT FOUR
5Synopsis (Selection)
30THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY
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6The Complete Plays: The Importance Of Being Earnest + Salome + A Woman Of No Importance + Lady Windermere’s Fan and more
31ACT ONE
7VERA
32ACT TWO
8PERSONS IN THE PROLOGUE.
33ACT THREE
9PERSONS IN THE PLAY.
34ACT FOUR
10PROLOGUE.
35SALOMÉ
11ACT I.
36SALOMÉ
12ACT II.
37SALOME (English Version)
13ACT III.
38The Persons of the Play
14ACT IV.
39AN IDEAL HUSBAND
15THE DUCHESS OF PADUA
40AN IDEAL HUSBAND
16THE DUCHESS OF PADUA
41THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY
17THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY
42ACT ONE
18ACT I
43SECOND ACT
19ACT II
44THIRD ACT
20ACT III
45FOURTH ACT
21ACT IV
46THE PERSONS IN THE PLAY
22ACT V
47ACT ONE
23LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN
48ACT TWO
24LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN
49ACT THREE
25THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY
50LA SAINTE COURTISANE
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