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Go to My LibraryWoman of No Importance : A Play by Irish Playwright Oscar Wilde Premi�red on 19 April 1893 at London's Haymarket Theatre
- Language
- English
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- Publisher
- Independently Published
- Pages
- 64
- ISBN
- 9798616768346
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A Woman of No Importance (Annotated)
2019 • Independently Published
English
A Woman of No Importance (Library Edition Audio CDs)
1996 • L.A. Theatre Works
English
A Woman of No Importance: A Fully Dramatized Recording (Plays, Audio, Penguin)
1998 • Penguin Audio
English
A Woman of No Importance
2007 • Filiquarian Publishing, LLC
English
A Woman of No Importance
2020 • Brian Westland
English
Other editions
A Woman of No Importance (Annotated)
2019 • Independently Published
English
A Woman of No Importance (Library Edition Audio CDs)
1996 • L.A. Theatre Works
English
A Woman of No Importance: A Fully Dramatized Recording (Plays, Audio, Penguin)
1998 • Penguin Audio
English
A Woman of No Importance
2007 • Filiquarian Publishing, LLC
English
A Woman of No Importance
2020 • Brian Westland
English
A Woman of No Importance
1996 • Penguin Adult
English
A Woman Of No Importance
2004 • Kessinger Publishing, LLC
English
A Woman of No Importance
2019 • Independently Published
English
A Woman of No Importance
2017 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
English
A Woman of No Importance
1993 • A & C Black
English
A Woman of No Importance
2018 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
English
A Woman of No Importance
2007 • Standard Publications, Incorporated
English
A Woman of No Importance
2019 • Karbon Kitaplar
Turkish
Woman of No Importance
2020 • Independently Published
English
A Woman of No Importance By Oscar Wilde - Illustrated
2016 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
English
A Woman of No Importance
2013 • Bod Third Party Titles
English
A Woman of No Importance
2001 • Blue Unicorn Edition, LLC
English
A Woman Of No Importance
2020 • Independently Published
English
A Woman of No Importance
2014 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
English
A Woman Of No Importance A Play
2019 • Independently Published
English
A Woman of No Importance
2007 • Penguin UK
English
A Woman of No Importance A Play
2018 • Open Road Media
Arabic
A Woman of No Importance
2015 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
English
A Woman of No Importance
2019 • Blurb, Incorporated
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A Woman of No Importance
2016 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
English
A Woman of No Importance
2013 • Bod Third Party Titles
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A Woman of No Importance
2017 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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A Woman of No Importance
2013 • Classic Books
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A Woman of No Importance
2001 • Blue Unicorn Edition, LLC
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A Woman of No Importance A Play in Four Acts
2016 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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A Woman Of No Importance
1995 • L A Theatre Works
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Oscar Wilde - a Woman of No Importance
2020 • Independently Published
English
A Woman of No Importance
1893 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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A Woman of No Importance
2017 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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A Woman of No Importance
2020 • Independently published
English
A Woman of No Importance
2008 • ReadHowYouWant.com
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A Woman of No Importance
2018 • Creative Media Partners, LLC
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A Woman of No Importance
2018 • Creative Media Partners, LLC
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A Woman of No Importance
2018 • Creative Media Partners, LLC
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A Woman of No Importance
2018 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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A Woman of No Importance (Classic Books on Cassettes Collection)
1997 • Audio Book Contractors, Inc.
English
A Woman of No Importance
2016 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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A Woman of No Importance
2005 • Dodo Press
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A Woman of No Importance
2008 • ReadHowYouWant.com, Limited
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A Woman Of No Importance
2019 • Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print US
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A Woman of No Importance (York Notes Advanced)
2007 • Pearson Education Canada
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A Woman of No Importance
2021 • Mint Editions
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A Woman of No Importance
2005 • Digireads.com
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A Woman of No Importance
2006 • Echo Library
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A Woman of No Importance
2017 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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A Woman of No Importance
2015 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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A Woman of No Importance
2008 • Bloomsbury Academic
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A Woman of No Importance
2017 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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A Woman of No Importance
1993 • A & C Black
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A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde
2017 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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A Woman of No Importance
2005 • Nick Hern Books
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A Woman of No Importance By Oscar Wilde - Illustrated
2016 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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A Woman of No Importance
2016 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Woman of No Importance
2022 • Independently Published
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A Woman of No Importance
2018 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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A Woman of No Importance Illustrated
2021 • Independently Published
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A Woman of No Importance
2021 • Independently Published
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A Woman of No Importance
2017 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Woman of No Importance
2020 • Independently Published
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A Woman of No Importance
2017 • Independently Published
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A Woman of No Importance A Classic Bestseller
2017 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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A Woman of No Importance Large Print
2021 • Independently Published
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A Woman of No Importance
2020 • Independently Published
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A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE
2022 • Independently published
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A Woman of No Importance
2017 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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A Woman of No Importance ###Annotated###
2021 • Independently Published
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A Woman of No Importance
2020 • Independently Published
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A Woman of No Importance A Play
2016 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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The London Quarterly Review
2019 • HardPress
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Woman of No Importance : A Play
2020 • Independently Published
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A Woman of No Importance
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A Woman of No Importance
2017 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Woman of No Importance
2015 • Xist Publishing
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A Woman of No Importance By Oscar Wilde - Illustrated
2016 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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A Woman of No Importance
2017 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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A Woman of No Importance
2017 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Woman of No Importance
2021 • Independently Published
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A Woman of No Importance By Oscar Wilde - Illustrated
2016 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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A Woman of No Importance Includes MLA Style Citations for Scholarly Secondary Sources, Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles and Critical Academic Research Essays (Squid Ink Classics)
2018 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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A Woman of No Importance
2021 • Independently Published
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A Woman of No Importance
2020 • Independently Published
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A Woman of No Importance A Plays: Pocket Edition
2020 • Independently Published
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A Woman of No Importance By Oscar Wilde - Illustrated
2016 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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A Woman of No Importance
2018 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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A Woman of No Importance
2020 • Independently Published
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Woman of No Importance
2021 • Independently Published
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A Woman of No Importance (Annotated Edition)
2021 • Independently Published
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A Woman of No Importance
2017 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Woman of No Importance : By Oscar Wilde
2022 • Independently Published
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A Woman of No Importance
2018 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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The Works of Oscar Wilde: Volume 8: A Woman of No Importance. A Play
2001 • Adamant Media Corporation
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A Woman of No Importance
2017 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Woman of No Importance
2021 • Independently Published
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A Woman of No Importance
2020 • Independently Published
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A Woman of No Importance
2015 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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A Woman of No Importance
2020 • Independently Published
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A Woman of No Importance
2015 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde
2017 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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A Woman of No Importance Large Print
2018 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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A Woman of No Importance
2017 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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A Woman of No Importance
2019 • Independently Published
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A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde
2019 • Independently Published
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A Woman of No Importance
2017 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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A Woman of No Importance: By Oscar Wilde - Illustrated
2016 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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2020 • Independently Published
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A Woman of No Importance By Oscar Wilde
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A Woman of No Importance By Oscar Wilde - Illustrated
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A Woman of No Importance
2021 • Independently Published
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A Woman of No Importance By Oscar Wilde - Illustration
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A Woman of No Importance (Illustrated)
2021 • Independently Published
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A Woman of No Importance A Play
2018 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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A Woman of No Importance
2005 • eBooksLib
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A Woman of No Importance
2020 • Independently Published
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A Woman of No Importance A Plays
2020 • Independently Published
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A Woman of No Importance
2016 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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A Woman of No Importance
2022 • Independently Published
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A Woman of No Importance ##Annotated##
2021 • Independently Published
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A Woman of No Importance By Oscar Wilde - Illustrated
2016 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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A Woman of No Importance
2016 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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A Woman of No Importance
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Woman of No Importance : ClassicsEdition
2021 • Independently Published
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A Woman of No Importance
2018 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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A Woman of No Importance
2021 • Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print US
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Woman of No Importance
2021 • Independently Published
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2019 • Throne Classics
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2021 • Independently Published
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2009 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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2020 • Independently Published
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Reviewers widely praise Oscar Wilde’s A Woman of No Importance for its signature wit, brilliant dialogue, and sharp social satire. The play is filled with Wilde's characteristic clever bon mots, drolleries, and caustic observations, making for an exceptionally entertaining read or listen. Many found the play compelling, enjoyable, and even hilarious, highlighting Wilde's mastery of the English language and his ability to craft rich, engaging conversations. Beyond the humor, the play is celebrated for its incisive criticism of Victorian upper-class society, particularly its moral hypocrisy and the prevalent double standards concerning gender. Readers appreciate Wilde’s challenging of male attitudes and his sympathetic portrayal of marginalized women, ultimately leading to a powerful, thought-provoking exploration of social and legal injustice. Several reviewers consider it a strong work that combines philosophical depth with a compelling narrative, even describing it as a "feminist play" for its advocacy of gender equality.
Despite its strengths, some reviewers note that A Woman of No Importance is a curious and at times uneven blend of comedy and serious social commentary, which doesn't always fully coalesce. Critics found the pacing slow, particularly in the opening acts, and some felt there were too many minor characters initially, making it hard to engage with the story. A recurring point of contention is that while the witty, cynical characters like Lord Illingworth and Lady Caroline are highly entertaining, the more virtuous and sympathetic characters, such as Hester Worsley and Mrs. Arbuthnot, are perceived as less appealing, even boring or preachy. This imbalance, where the immoral characters provide more enjoyment, is seen by some as a flaw that detracts from the play’s intended persuasive message. Additionally, a few readers noted a lack of the vibrant exuberance typically found in Wilde's other drawing-room plays, along with some repetitive quotes and a touch of melodrama in the final act, leading some to consider it one of his weaker works compared to his more celebrated plays.
Overall, A Woman of No Importance stands as a significant work that, despite its noted structural and tonal inconsistencies, remains a powerful and enjoyable experience for many. It is highly recommended for fans of Oscar Wilde's unique blend of sophisticated wit and biting social criticism, as well as those interested in Victorian-era social commentary, especially regarding gender inequality and moral hypocrisy. Readers who appreciate plays that combine comedic elements with deeper ethical and philosophical discussions will find much to admire. While it may not possess the consistent comedic sparkle of his later masterpieces, its compelling themes, memorable dialogue, and ultimately uplifting message make it a rewarding read for anyone seeking a play that challenges societal norms through clever artistry.
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