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    Vera by Oscar Wilde (Illustrated)
    Vera by Oscar Wilde (Illustrated)
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    Vera by Oscar Wilde (Illustrated)

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    This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘Vera’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde’.

    Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Wilde includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPublishdrive
    Release dateJul 17, 2017
    ISBN9781786561534
    Vera by Oscar Wilde (Illustrated)
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    Oscar Wilde

    Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born on the 16th October 1854 and died on the 30th November 1900. He was an Irish playwright, poet, and author of numerous short stories and one novel. Known for his biting wit, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. Several of his plays continue to be widely performed, especially The Importance of Being Earnest.

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      Vera by Oscar Wilde (Illustrated) - Oscar Wilde

      The Complete Works of

      OSCAR WILDE

      VOLUME 1 OF 41

      Vera

      Parts Edition

      By Delphi Classics, 2013

      Version 6

      COPYRIGHT

      ‘Vera’

      Oscar Wilde: Parts Edition (in 41 parts)

      First published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by Delphi Classics.

      © Delphi Classics, 2017.

      All rights reserved.  No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form other than that in which it is published.

      ISBN: 978 1 78656 153 4

      Delphi Classics

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      Delphi Publishing Ltd

      Hastings, East Sussex

      United Kingdom

      Contact: sales@delphiclassics.com

      www.delphiclassics.com

      Oscar Wilde: Parts Edition

      This eBook is Part 1 of the Delphi Classics edition of Oscar Wilde in 41 Parts. It features the unabridged text of Vera from the bestselling edition of the author’s Complete Works. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. Our Parts Editions feature original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of Oscar Wilde, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily.

      Visit here to buy the entire Parts Edition of Oscar Wilde or the Complete Works of Oscar Wilde in a single eBook.

      Learn more about our Parts Edition, with free downloads, via this link or browse our most popular Parts here.

      OSCAR WILDE

      IN 41 VOLUMES

      Parts Edition Contents

      The Plays

      1, Vera

      2, The Duchess of Padua

      3, Lady Windermere’s Fan

      4, A Woman of No Importance

      5, Salomé

      6, An Ideal Husband

      7, The Importance of Being Earnest

      8, La Sainte Courtisane

      9, A Florentine Tragedy

      The Poetry

      10, The Complete Poems

      The Novel

      11, The Picture of Dorian Gray - the Original 13 Chapter Version

      12, The Picture of Dorian Gray - the Revised 20 Chapter Version

      The Short Stories

      13, The Portrait of Mr. W. H.

      14, The Happy Prince and Other Tales

      15, A House of Pomegranates

      16, Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories

      The Non-Fiction

      17, The Decay of Lying

      18, Pen, Pencil and Poison - a Study in Green

      19, The Critic as Artist

      20, The Truth of Masks

      21, The Rise of Historical Criticism

      22, The English Renaissance of Art

      23, House Decoration

      24, Art and the Handicraftsman

      25, Lecture to Art Students

      26, London Models

      27, Poems in Prose

      28, The Soul of Man Under Socialism

      29, Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young

      30, A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated

      31, De Profundis

      32, Oscar Wilde’s Letter to Robert Browning

      33, Personal Impressions of America

      34, The Decorative Arts

      35, The House Beautiful

      36, The Truth of Masks

      The Journalism

      37, The Articles and Reviews

      Apocrypha

      38, Teleny

      The Biographies

      39, Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions by Frank Harris

      40, Memories of Oscar Wilde by G. Bernard Shaw

      41, Oscar Wilde: an Idler’s Impression by Edgar Saltus

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      Vera

      OR, THE NIHILISTS.

      A DRAMA IN A PROLOGUE AND FOUR ACTS.

      Wilde’s first attempt at drama is a melodramatic tragedy set in Russia, concerning the real life figure of Vera Ivanovna Zasulich, a Marxist writer and revolutionary. The play was first performed in New York in 1882, whilst Wilde was lecturing in America, but it was not a success and quickly folded, being rarely performed today.

      The drama introduces Vera, who works as a barmaid in her father’s tavern, situated near the prison camps in Siberia. One day, as a gang of prisoners stop at the tavern, Vera recognises her brother Dmitri as one of the prisoners. In an impassioned speech, he begs her to go to Moscow and join the Nihilists, a terrorism group trying to assassinate the Czar and avenge his imprisonment. Vera at once finds herself immersed in a dangerous world of terrorism and intrigue.

      Vera Ivanovna Zasulich (1849-1919)

      CONTENTS

      DRAMATIS PERSONAE

      PROLOGUE.

      ACT I.

      ACT II.

      ACT III.

      ACT IV.

      Union Square Theatre, where Wilde’s play was first performed in New York in 1882

      Wilde, 1883

      DRAMATIS PERSONAE

      PERSONS IN THE PROLOGUE.

      Peter Sabouroff (an Innkeeper).

      Vera Sabouroff (his Daughter).

      Michael (a Peasant).

      Colonel Kotemkin.

      Scene, Russia. Time, 1795.

      PERSONS IN THE PLAY.

      Ivan the Czar.

      Prince Paul Maraloffski (Prime Minister of Russia).

      Prince Petrovitch.

      Count Rouvaloff.

      Marquis de Poivrard.

      Baron Raff.

      General Kotemkin.

      A Page.

      Nihilists.

      Peter Tchernavitch, President of the Nihilists.

      Michael.

      Alexis Ivanacievitch, known as a Student of Medicine.

      Professor Marfa.

      Vera Sabouroff.

      Soldiers, Conspirators, &c.

      Scene, Moscow. Time, 1800.

      PROLOGUE.

      Scene. — A Russian Inn.

      Large door opening on snowy landscape at back of stage.

      Peter Sabouroff and Michael.

      Peter (warming his hands at a stove). Has Vera not come back yet, Michael?

      Mich. No, Father Peter, not yet; ’tis a good three miles to the post office, and she has to milk the cows besides, and that dun one is a rare plaguey creature for a wench to handle.

      Peter. Why didn’t you go with her, you young fool? she’ll never love you unless you are always at her heels; women like to be bothered.

      Mich. She says I bother her too much already, Father Peter, and I fear she’ll never love me after all.

      Peter. Tut, tut, boy, why shouldn’t she? you’re young and wouldn’t be ill-favoured either, had God or thy mother given thee another face. Aren’t you one of Prince Maraloffski’s gamekeepers; and haven’t you got a good grass farm, and the best cow in the village? What more does a girl want?

      Mich. But Vera, Father Peter —

      Peter. Vera, my lad, has got too many ideas; I don’t think much of ideas myself; I’ve got on well enough in life without ‘em; why shouldn’t my children? There’s Dmitri!

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