A Woman of No Importance

A Woman of No Importance

1893 • 13 pages

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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?

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Scoundrel gains a son
but only for an evening
he smooched the wrong girl.

December 31, 2020

3.5

this is Wilde so obv it's witty & fun,,,but very similar to Lady Windermere's Fan (which i loved more)

January 6, 2023

Interesting view and very sobering about society at the time Wilde wrote this book.

March 18, 2020

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