Bezvýznamná žena - 2 CD

“Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if you were bored. By the time your first season is over, you will have the reputation of a person with perfect social tact.” (Oscar Wilde: A Woman of No Importance) When Sebastian Melmoth, gravely ill, died in 1900 at the Hôtel d'Alsace on rue des Beaux-Arts, only two friends were at his bedside, and few realized that this name concealed the famous Irish playwright Oscar Wilde. He was born in 1854 in Dublin to a family of an eye and ear surgeon. However, it was his mother Jane, a successful Irish writer, who inspired Oscar – at least regarding his career choice. Initially, his life was calm and respectable – he studied classical philology (with excellent grades) and married the wealthy Constance Lloyd. At the same time, he became one of the leading figures of decadence, one of the dominant artistic movements of the 19th century. He delighted in provoking the English respectable society and aristocracy, always placing the most immoral judgments and prejudiced thoughts into the mouths of characters from these circles. He became famous not only for his still-read novels The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Canterville Ghost, the fairy tale The Happy Prince, but also for his theatrical comedies and satires,…