Vera or The Nihilists (Annotated)

Detalles del producto Tapa blanda: Createspace Independent Pub 8 de octubre de Idioma: Wilde's first play is almost universally panned. While nowhere near as accomplished as his masterworks like Earnest, there is a satisfying mix of clever comedy, prince or czarevich and the pauper plot, and melodrama. You want witty epigrams? He's got witty epigrams! To know exactly how much oil one must put with one's vinegar.

A comedy about regicide! Imagine as Gladstone's government is debating the Irish Question in parliament and passing the Irish Coercion Act , a long-haired dandy from Dublin is writing: Have I not sworn it? To be strong our new Republic should be drunk with the blood of kings.

Plus Wilde is funnier than Dostoevsky on his best day. Other then Act III, most of the book is fairly cute and funny. There are a lot of interesting lines in the first part of the book through act II. Then the plot starts to suffer from "dumb and dumber" plot movements. I forced myself through act III, and found the end of the book not so bad, but not so good either.

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The beginning makes the book worth reading, and then you have to read the ending for closure. It is a relatively short work, so not a big loss, if you feel obligated to finish it. Definitely read up to act III. The first piece magnificent Wilde. Simple plot, but as always stunning humor.

Oscar Wilde's first play, written in it is described by Wilde's son Vyvyan Holland - in the introduction to "Complete Works of Oscar Wilde" as " A rather immature play, which ran for one week in New York, and never reached the boards in London". Beautiful peasant girl, Vera Sabouroff joins a fanatical band of Nihilists, to avenge her bother, Dmitri, who is excelled by the Tsar.

She becomes their heroin and Russia's most wanted assassin. The Nihilists are joined by Tsarevitch Alexis, who after the assassination of his father, becomes Tsar, and is thus marked for assassination by the Nihilists. Vera, who has fallen in love with the Tsarevitch, is chosen to carry out the operation to assassinate Alexis, who has embarked on a string of reforms. It is a melodramatic tragedy set in Russia and is loosely based on the life of Vera Zasulich.

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Vera; Or, The Nihilists by Oscar Wilde

Kindle Cloud Reader Read instantly in your browser. Wilde studied at Trinity College in Dublin and at Magdalen College in Oxford, England, before settling down in London and having a long, successful career as a poet, playwright, and author.

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To know exactly how much oil one must put with one's vinegar. A comedy about regicide! Imagine as Gladstone's government is debating the Irish Question in parliament and passing the Irish Coercion Act , a long-haired dandy from Dublin is writing: Have I not sworn it?

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To be strong our new Republic should be drunk with the blood of kings. Plus Wilde is funnier than Dostoevsky on his best day. Other then Act III, most of the book is fairly cute and funny. There are a lot of interesting lines in the first part of the book through act II.

Vera; or, The Nihilists

Then the plot starts to suffer from "dumb and dumber" plot movements. I forced myself through act III, and found the end of the book not so bad, but not so good either. The beginning makes the book worth reading, and then you have to read the ending for closure. It is a relatively short work, so not a big loss, if you feel obligated to finish it. Definitely read up to act III. One person found this helpful. The first piece magnificent Wilde. Simple plot, but as always stunning humor.

Oscar Wilde's first play, written in it is described by Wilde's son Vyvyan Holland - in the introduction to "Complete Works of Oscar Wilde" as " A rather immature play, which ran for one week in New York, and never reached the boards in London". Beautiful peasant girl, Vera Sabouroff joins a fanatical band of Nihilists, to avenge her bother, Dmitri, who is excelled by the Tsar.

She becomes their heroin and Russia's most wanted assassin. The Nihilists are joined by Tsarevitch Alexis, who after the assassination of his father, becomes Tsar, and is thus marked for assassination by the Nihilists. Vera, who has fallen in love with the Tsarevitch, is chosen to carry out the operation to assassinate Alexis, who has embarked on a string of reforms. I bought The Importance of Being Earnest for a friend's birthday and found this play by accident.

I had never known or thought about Wilde's first play before, until finding it here on Amazon, what a great book store! Its actually good to read, as its not some social commentary, but a very literary work, there are many elements from other historical works here, which I have read up on to understand more, and that's one of the reasons I like it, it challenges me and makes me think. Wilde does that to people! If you are just looking for some witty remarks, try The Importance of Being Earnest but if you want a little more, add this to your order, as I did, and read something different.

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