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A Woman of No Importance

by Oscar Wilde · 1893

Essays · ranked #8 in category

Reviewed by the Book Verdict editorial team

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 ann

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The verdict

Category
Essays
First published
1893 · 1890s
Author
Oscar Wilde
Standing
Recommended

About Essays

The personal essay is one of literature's most direct forms — a single mind in encounter with a subject, working something out on the page. The best collections are as satisfying as any fiction.

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