York Notes Advanced: A Woman of No Importance

from AliceAnna

The title says it all. A condemnation of a society in which mistakes are never forgiven, in which souls are lost forever, for youthful indiscretion and surrender to one's emotions.

from durgaprsd04

The book is all about purity. What somebody thinks about the same.

from Juva

A young heiress from America is visiting the English countryside where she is shocked by what she witnesses. The society of her hosts seems frivolous and shamefully wanton. But a chance meeting at the party between an infamous cad and a woman from another era brings about startling results. Here ...

from hemlokgang

A small gem of a drama. Oscar Wilde's perfect t use of language makes this play both witty and stinging. A mother maintains her dignity in the face of disgrace, and endears herself to her son while deflating his natural father's haughty condescension. Excellent!

from Leticia.Toraci

Witty as only Oscar Wilde can write.