《The Plays of Oscar Wilde》简介：

This Vintage edition of The Plays of Oscar Wilde contains the plays that made Wilde one of the most important dramatists of his time, including The Importance of Being Earnest, one of the great works of modern literature.

Oscar Wilde's plays demonstrate once again why their author must be seen as both an inaugurator and a master of modernism. In his best work, the subversive insights embedded in his wit continue to challenge our common assumptions. Wilde's ability to unsettle and startle us anew with his radical vision of the artifice inherent in the self's construction makes him our contemporary.

This edition is introduced by John Lahr, author of Prick Up Your Ears: The Biography of Joe Orton. The plays included are Lady Windermere's Fan, Salome, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, and The Importance of Being Earnest.

《The Plays of Oscar Wilde》摘录：

Algernon: Then your wife will. You don't seem to realise, that in married life three is company and two is none. Jack: That, my dear young friend, is the theory that the corrupt French drama has been propounding for the last fifty years. Algernon: Yes; and that the happy English home has proved in half the time.

《The Plays of Oscar Wilde》目录：

Vera; or, Thi Nihilists ... 1
The Duchess of Padua ... 51
Salomé ... 133
Lady Windermere's Fan ... 163
A Woman of No Importance ... 219
An Ideal Husband ... 279
The Importance of Being Earnest ... 361
La Sainte Courtisane ... 419
A florentine Tragedy ... 427
NOTES ... 443
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