A woman of no importance

Description:

Oscar Wilde's audacious drama of social scandal centres around the revelation of Mrs Arbuthnot's long-concealed secret. A house party is in full swing at Lady Hunstanton's country home, when it is announced that Gerald Arbuthnot has been appointed secretary to the sophisticated, witty Lord Illingworth. Gerald's mother stands in the way of his appointment, but fears to tell him why, for who will believe Lord Illingworth to be a man of no importance?

subjects: Fiction,  Nonfiction,  Essays,  Classic Literature,  Drama (dramatic works by one author),  British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author),  Woman of no importance (Wilde, Oscar),  Literatur,  Textanalyse,  English literature,  Man-woman relationships,  Drama,  English drama,  Children's fiction,  English drama (Comedy)

Times: 19th century