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Oscar Wilde
The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde's madcap farce about mistaken identities, secret engagements, and lovers entanglements still delights readers more than a century after its 1895 publication and premiere performance. The rapid-fire wit and eccentric characters of The Importance of Being Earnest have made it a mainstay of the high school curriculum for decades. Cecily Cardew and Gwendolen Fairfax are both in love with the same mythical suitor. Jack Worthing has wooed Gwendolen as Ernest while Algernon has also posed as Ernest to win the heart of Jack's ward, Cecily. When all four arrive at Jack's country home on the same weekend the "rivals" to fight for Ernest's undivided attention and the "Ernests" to claim their beloveds pandemonium breaks loose. Only a senile nursemaid and an old, discarded hand-bag can save the day!
This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition includes a glossary and reader's notes to help the modern reader appreciate Wilde's wry wit and elaborate plot twists.
Autor: Oscar Wilde
Género: Romance
Páginas: -
Original: The Importance of Being Earnest
Páginas: -
Original: The Importance of Being Earnest
Opinião
★★★★★
The Importance of Being Earnest , a 5ª peça que leio de Oscar Wilde, está obviamente entre as minhas preferidas.
Despojando-se do melodrama que pontua as suas outras peças, aqui Wilde criou uma narrativa intrincada e genuinamente cómica, bem atestada com a inteligência e a perspicácia que caracterizam os diálogos dos seus personagens e que tornam esta leitura um verdadeiro prazer 😍
Frases Preferidas
Frases Preferidas
"The truth is rarely pure and never simple."
"I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone."
"I'll bet you anything you like that half an hour after they
have met, they will be calling each other sister.
Women only do that when they have called each other a lot of other things first."
Women only do that when they have called each other a lot of other things first."
"In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing."
"He has nothing but he looks everything"
An Ideal Husband
Although Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) created a wide range of poetry, essays, and fairy tales (and one novel) in his brief, tragic life, he is perhaps best known as a dramatist. His witty, clever drama, populated by brilliant talkers skilled in the art of riposte and paradox, are still staples of the theatrical repertoire. An Ideal Husband revolves around a blackmail scheme that forces a married couple to reexamine their moral standards — providing, along the way, a wry commentary on the rarity of politicians who can claim to be ethically pure. A supporting cast of young lovers, society matrons, an overbearing father, and a formidable femme fatale continually exchange sparkling repartee, keeping the play moving at a lively pace. Like most of Wilde's plays, this scintillating drawing-room comedy is wise, well-constructed, and deeply satisfying. An instant success at its 1895 debut, the play continues to delight audiences over one hundred years later. An Ideal Husband is a must-read for Wilde fans, students of English literature, and anyone delighted by wit, urbanity, and timeless sophistication.
Autor: Oscar Wilde
Género: Romance
Páginas: -
Original: An Ideal Husband
Páginas: -
Original: An Ideal Husband
Opinião
★★★★☆
Com as habituais doses de melodrama e sagacidade, An Ideal Husband traz-nos a história de um político cuja carreira – como a de tantos outros – tem origem em desonestidade. Assim, a sua carreira, posição social e casamento ficam sob ameaça quando Robert se vê alvo de um esquema de chantagem.
Mais uma vez, diverti-me bastante a imaginar um trabalho de Oscar Wilde em cena, criando cenários e personagens na minha imaginação. Contudo, apesar de ter apreciado a história, o seu conteúdo e mensagem não me interessaram tanto como nas outras peças.
“Sir Robert Chiltern: You think science cannot grapple with
the problema of women?
Mrs. Chevely: Science can never grapple with the irrational.”
“You see, i tis a very dangerous thing to listen. I fone listens
one may be convinced; and a man who allows himself to be convinced by na argumente
is a thoroughly unreasonable person”
“Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can
discover everything except the obvious.”
“Do you really think ... that it is weakness that yields to
temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations that it requires
strength, strength and courage, to yield to.”
“When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.”
“Well, she wore far too much rouge last night, and not quite
enough clothes. That is always a sign of desperation in a woman.”
“It is always worth while asking a question, though it is
not always worth while answering one.”
“Nothing is so dangerous as being too modern. One is apt to
grow old-fashioned quite suddenly.”
"Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards
people we personally dislike"
“Oh, damn sympathy. There is a great deal too much of that
sort of thing going on nowadays.”
“Everybody one meets is a paradox nowadays. It is a great
bore. It makes society so obvious.”
“Lord Arthur Goring : I am glad you have called. I
am going to give you some advice.
Laura : Oh pray, don't. One should never give a
woman something that she can't wear in the evening.”
“My dear father, if we men married the women we deserved, we
should have a very bad time of it.”
“Loveless marriages are horrible. But there is one thing
worse than an absolutely loveless marriage. A marriage in which there is love,
but on one side only; faith, but on one side only; devotion, but on one side
only, and in which of the two hearts one is sure to be broken.”
A Woman of no Importance
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 announced that Gerald Arbuthnot has been appointed secretary to the sophisticated, witty Lord Illingworth. Gerald's mother stands in the way of his appointment, but fears to tell him why, for who will believe Lord Illingworth to be a man of no importance?
Autor: Oscar Wilde
Género: Romance
Páginas: -
Original: A Woman of no Importance
Opinião
★★★★☆
All love is terrible. All love is a tragedy
Em A Woman of no Importance a sociedade britânica vê-se mais uma vez na mira do apuradíssimo sarcasmo de Oscar Wilde. Satirizando em especial a desigualdade de género, o autor mostra-nos, numa narrativa carregada de sarcasmo e comédia, como na época – tal como agora – a mesma situação pode ter desfechos muito diferentes para o homem e para a mulher.
“The secret of life is to apppreciate the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.”
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Frases preferidas:
“Nothing should be out of the reach of hope. Life is a hope.”
“In a Temple every one should be serious, except the thing
that is worshipped.”
“One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age.
A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything.”
“Men always want to be a woman’s first love. That is theis
clumsy vanity. We women have a more subtle instinct about things. What we like
is to be a man’s last romance.”
“Whan a man is old enough to do wrong he should be old
enough to do right also.”
“Every woman is a
rebel, and usually in wild revolt against herself.”
“Men marry because they are tired; women because they are
curious. Both are disappointed.”
“The only difference between the saint and the sinner is
that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.”
“The secret of life
is to apppreciate the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.”
“Moderation is a fatal thing, Lady Hunstanton. Nothing
succeds like excess.”
“Hearts live by being wounded. Pleasure may turn a heart to
stone, riches may make it callous, but sorrow – oh, sorrow, cannot break it.”
“Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they
judge them. Rarely if ever do they forgive them.”
“All love is
terrible. All love is a tragedy”
O Leque de Lady Windermere
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 announced that Gerald Arbuthnot has been appointed secretary to the sophisticated, witty Lord Illingworth. Gerald's mother stands in the way of his appointment, but fears to tell him why, for who will believe Lord Illingworth to be a man of no importance?Páginas: -
Original: A Woman of no Importance
Opinião
★★★★☆
All love is terrible. All love is a tragedyEm A Woman of no Importance a sociedade britânica vê-se mais uma vez na mira do apuradíssimo sarcasmo de Oscar Wilde. Satirizando em especial a desigualdade de género, o autor mostra-nos, numa narrativa carregada de sarcasmo e comédia, como na época – tal como agora – a mesma situação pode ter desfechos muito diferentes para o homem e para a mulher.
“The secret of life is to apppreciate the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.”
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“Nothing should be out of the reach of hope. Life is a hope.”
“In a Temple every one should be serious, except the thing
that is worshipped.”
“One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age.
A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything.”
“Men always want to be a woman’s first love. That is theis
clumsy vanity. We women have a more subtle instinct about things. What we like
is to be a man’s last romance.”
“Whan a man is old enough to do wrong he should be old
enough to do right also.”
“Every woman is a
rebel, and usually in wild revolt against herself.”
“Men marry because they are tired; women because they are
curious. Both are disappointed.”
“The only difference between the saint and the sinner is
that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.”
“The secret of life
is to apppreciate the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.”
“Moderation is a fatal thing, Lady Hunstanton. Nothing
succeds like excess.”
“Hearts live by being wounded. Pleasure may turn a heart to
stone, riches may make it callous, but sorrow – oh, sorrow, cannot break it.”
“Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they
judge them. Rarely if ever do they forgive them.”
“All love is
terrible. All love is a tragedy”
O Leque de Lady Windermere
Beautiful, aristocratic, an adored wife and young mother, Lady Windermere is 'a fascinating puritan' whose severe moral code leads her to the brink of social suicide. The only one who can save her is the mysterious Mrs Erlynne whose scandalous relationship with Lord Windermere has prompted her fatal impulse. And Mrs Erlynne has a secret - a secret Lady Windermere must never know if she is to retain her peace of mind.
Autor: Oscar Wilde
Editor: Europa-América
Género: Romance
Páginas: 108
Original: Lady Windermere's Fan (1893) 
opinião
★★★★★
"We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars"
Diverti-me imenso a ler (…e a sublinhar cada preciosa frase) desta peça. Mais uma vez, Wilde dispõe de forma cómica e eficiente problemas e dilemas sociais, apontando constantemente o dedo à hipocrisia e ao cinismo que regularmente os acompanham.
Neste seu aniversário, a puritana Lady Windermere irá receber um leque…e uma grande lição!
A ela juntam-se vários outros personagens, uns que nos divertem com comentários práticos e desapaixonados sobre a vida e outros que nos pregam fervorosamente os seus moralismos.
Wilde encheu estas páginas de sabedoria e perspicácia e,o invés de exprimir a sua opinião sumária sobre alguns dos temas que aborda como a dualidade de critérios entre homem e mulher e o adultério, o autor fez algo bem mais valioso: confiou que seríamos capazes de tirar as nossas próprias conclusões.
“In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.”
Frases Preferidas:
“if you pretend to be good, the world takes you very
seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn’t. Such is the astounding
stupidity of optimism”
“it is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are
either charming or tedious. I take the side of the charming”
“I can resist everything, except temptation”
“I think that life is far too importante a thing ever to
talk seriously about it”
“Misfortunes one can endure – they come from outside, they
are accidents. But to suffer for one’s own faults – ah! There is the sting of
life”
“There are moments
when one has to choose between living one's own life, fully, entirely,
completely-or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the
world in its hypocrisy demands.”
«Wicked women bother one. Good women bore one. That is the
only difference between them»
"Oh! Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But
scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.”
“In this world there
are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is
getting it.”
"Experience is the name everyone gives to theis mistakes"
“Actions are the first tragedy in life, words are the
second. Words are perhaps the worst. Words are merciless. . .”
"maners before morals!"
Beautiful, aristocratic, an adored wife and young mother, Lady Windermere is 'a fascinating puritan' whose severe moral code leads her to the brink of social suicide. The only one who can save her is the mysterious Mrs Erlynne whose scandalous relationship with Lord Windermere has prompted her fatal impulse. And Mrs Erlynne has a secret - a secret Lady Windermere must never know if she is to retain her peace of mind.
Autor: Oscar Wilde
Editor: Europa-América
Género: Romance
Páginas: 108
Original: Lady Windermere's Fan (1893)
opinião
★★★★★
"We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars"
Diverti-me imenso a ler (…e a sublinhar cada preciosa frase) desta peça. Mais uma vez, Wilde dispõe de forma cómica e eficiente problemas e dilemas sociais, apontando constantemente o dedo à hipocrisia e ao cinismo que regularmente os acompanham.
Neste seu aniversário, a puritana Lady Windermere irá receber um leque…e uma grande lição!
A ela juntam-se vários outros personagens, uns que nos divertem com comentários práticos e desapaixonados sobre a vida e outros que nos pregam fervorosamente os seus moralismos.
Wilde encheu estas páginas de sabedoria e perspicácia e,o invés de exprimir a sua opinião sumária sobre alguns dos temas que aborda como a dualidade de critérios entre homem e mulher e o adultério, o autor fez algo bem mais valioso: confiou que seríamos capazes de tirar as nossas próprias conclusões.
“In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.”
“if you pretend to be good, the world takes you very
seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn’t. Such is the astounding
stupidity of optimism”
“it is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are
either charming or tedious. I take the side of the charming”
“I can resist everything, except temptation”
“I think that life is far too importante a thing ever to
talk seriously about it”
“Misfortunes one can endure – they come from outside, they
are accidents. But to suffer for one’s own faults – ah! There is the sting of
life”
“There are moments
when one has to choose between living one's own life, fully, entirely,
completely-or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the
world in its hypocrisy demands.”
«Wicked women bother one. Good women bore one. That is the
only difference between them»
"Oh! Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But
scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.”
“In this world there
are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is
getting it.”
"Experience is the name everyone gives to theis mistakes"
“Actions are the first tragedy in life, words are the
second. Words are perhaps the worst. Words are merciless. . .”
"maners before morals!"
Salomé
Autor: Oscar Wilde
Editor: Assírio & Alvim
Género: Romance
Páginas: 128
Original: Salome (1891)
opinião
★★★★☆
«There was a bitter taste on my lips. Was it the taste of blood?... Nay; but perchance it was the taste of love… They say that love hath bitter taste…»
Bem diferente das outras peças que li de Oscar Wilde, Salomé vem intensificar o drama e a perversidade da tão conhecida história bíblica de Salomé e João Baptista.
Wilde fez um trabalho extraordinário na composição desta peça. Repetitivos e monótonos, os personagens parecem perdidos no seu próprio discurso, alheios a quem os rodeia, deslumbrados pela elaboração das suas frases – tal como nós – criando assim uma atmosfera hipnótica e surreal que nos prende ao desenvolvimento da narrativa, atentos ao seu drama e simbolismo, incrédulos com o poder destrutivo dos sentimentos destes personagens, agitados com o desfecho da trama… apesar de este ser bem conhecido. Gostei imenso.
«the mistery of love is greater than the mistery of death»
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