It is none of my work to mend my neighbour's thatch.
Let God and our little Father the Czar look to the world.
It is the girl that has the seriousness-she goes about as solemn as a priest for days at a time. And as for dancing, he tired out three fiddlers Christmas come two years. Ay, it was a good shot I never did a better myself. Do you remember how he shot the bear at the barn in the great winter?
Come, come, Father Peter, Dmitri's letters must have gone astray-perhaps the new postman can't read he looks stupid enough, and Dmitri, why, he was the best fellow in the village. That is about all they are good for and there he stays, and has not written a line to us for four months now-a good son that, eh? True, Michael, if a man knows the law there is nothing illegal he cannot do when he likes: that is why folk become lawyers. If a man knows the law he knows his duty. Ay! but, Father Peter, they say a good lawyer can break the law as often as he likes, and no one can say him nay. 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! Could have stayed here and kept the inn many a young lad would have jumped at the offer in these hard times but he, scatter-brained featherhead of a boy, must needs go off to Moscow to study the law! What does he want knowing about the law? Let a man do his duty, say I, and no one will trouble him. 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? 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. She says I bother her too much already, Father Peter, and I fear she'll never love me after all. 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. 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. Large door opening on snowy landscape at back of stage. PETER TCHERNAVITCH, President of the Nihilists.ĪLEXIS IVANACIEVITCH, known as a Student of Medicine. PRINCE PAUL MARALOFFSKI, Prime Minister of Russia. Also included in this collection are "Vera or, The Nihilists," "The Duchess of Padua," and the fragmentary works "La Sainte Courtisane" and "A Florentine Tragedy." Wilde would return to these same themes with his masterpiece "The Importance of Being Earnest," a tale about upper-class morality and ennui. Wilde would subsequently produce some of his most famous works, biting comedic portrayals of society which include "Lady Windermere’s Fan," "A Woman of No Importance," and "An Ideal Husband." The plays were wildly funny and beloved by most audiences, though some of the upper-class patrons were shocked at Wilde’s treatment of their lifestyle. It was denied a performance due to its portrayal of biblical characters, but it was eventually published in London and Paris. The next year, he wrote the play "Salome" to mild acclaim. Although he dabbled in short stories and poems at the beginning of his career, Wilde was taken seriously after his first novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray." The horrifyingly beautiful tale was just the catalyst that Wilde needed in order achieve success as a playwright. He found a niche in the growing trend of aestheticism and was mentored by Walter Pater and John Ruskin. Oscar Wilde was born in mid-1800’s Dublin to highly intellectual parents. Immerse yourself in the world of Oscar Wilde with the collection: "The Plays of Oscar Wilde." Containing all of Wilde’s plays, this collection is a must-have for every bookshelf.
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