A house party is in full swing at Lady Hunstanton's stately country home.One of the guests is Gerard Arbuthnot,an earnest,upright young man whose prospects are limited,so he is overjoyed when the suave Lord Illingworth offers him employment as his secretary.His mother,however,implores him to refuse this brilliant entree into sophisticated society.
作者简介 Oscar Wilde(185... (展开全部) A house party is in full swing at Lady Hunstanton's stately country home.One of the guests is Gerard Arbuthnot,an earnest,upright young man whose prospects are limited,so he is overjoyed when the suave Lord Illingworth offers him employment as his secretary.His mother,however,implores him to refuse this brilliant entree into sophisticated society.
作者简介 Oscar Wilde(1854-1900).Playwright,poet,essayist and wit,he is now as famous for his idioms and decadent lifestyle as for his plays,poems and fiction.
王尔德的剧作,情节紧凑而精彩,讲一个年轻时始乱终弃的贵族最后仍然失去自己的儿子,也无机会弥补过错。无足轻重的人一开始说是的女方,最后却由女方说出,原来在她眼里,无足轻重的人乃是男方。谴责意图明显,也顺便讽刺了伦敦上层社会的虚伪、做作等等,政治上很正确。语言极具魅力,下为摘录:
Twenty years of ro......