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Wilde wrote nine plays in all between 1879 and 1894. His fame as a dramatist rests on four comedies – Lady Windermere’s Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, The Importance of Being Earnest –, and the tragedy Salomé. His plays continue to dazzle audiences even a century after his death.

All his plays are freely available on this site:
  • A Florentine Tragedy »
    A story of a wealthy merchant who, finding his wife in the arms of a local prince, strangles his rival. (7 pages)

  • A Woman of No Importance »
    Satiric play about hypocrisy and double standards of the Victorian upper classes. Wilde's take on dark comedy. (39 pages)

  • An Ideal Husband »
    Witty social satire filled with poignant humor as well as romance, intrigue, and scandal. Criticism of Victorian society. (54 pages)

  • La Sainte Courtisane »
    A play portraying Myrrhina, beautiful and wealthy noblewoman, and a Christian hermit, Honorius. (4 pages)

  • Lady Windermere's Fan »
    A witty four act satire on the relationships and gender double-standards of the upper-class Victorian society. (38 pages)

  • Salomé »
    Tragic story of Salomé, the step-daughter of King Herod and the beheader of John the Baptist. (21 pages)

  • The Duchess of Padua »
    Five-act melodramatic tragedy set in Padua. A story of love, treachery, and redemption. (39 pages)

  • The Importance of Being Earnest »
    Classic romantic comedy about love, deception, and mistaken identity. Whimsical satire of Victorian society. (38 pages)

  • Vera, or the Nihilists »
    Melodramatic tragedy based on the story of Vera Zasulich, Russian Marxist writer and revolutionary. (34 pages)

  • Biography
  • Plays:
    • A Woman of No Importance (39 pages)
    • An Ideal Husband (54 pages)
    • Lady Windermere's Fan (38 pages)
    • The Importance of Being Earnest (38 pages)
    • Salomé (21 pages)
    • The Duchess of Padua (39 pages)
    • Vera, or the Nihilists (34 pages)
    • A Florentine Tragedy (7 pages)
    • La Sainte Courtisane (4 pages)
  • Prose  »
    • The Picture of Dorian Gray (90 pages)
    • Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (21 pages)
    • The Canterville Ghost (19 pages)
    • The Portrait of Mr. W. H. (19 pages)
  • Short Stories  »
  • Poetry  »
  • Essays, Lectures, Reviews  »
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