The Importance of Being Eldest_ (1923)
_Pygmalion_ (1913)
_The School for Scandal_ (1853)
_A Shilling a Week_ (1922)
_The Spanish Lady_ (1925)
_The Two Bouquets_ (1920)
_Two Women_ (1922)
The Virtue of Philosophy
Vision and Prayer
Warning Against Being Fooled by Appearances
What Is Marriage?
The Wings of the Dove
Wise Counsel for the Young
With a Single Conscience
A Woman of No Importance
# Plays First Published in Volume Two of the Complete Edition of the _Letters_
_The Cocktail Party_ (1950, published in 1953) (pp. 1–62)
_The Dark Lady of the Sonnets_ (1946, published in 1947) (pp. 63–101)
_Inferno_ (1930, published in 1931) (pp. 102–42)
_The King's Yes and No_ (1930, published in 1931) (pp. 143–73)
_The Judgement of Paris_ (1933, published in 1935) (pp. 174–229)
_The Nice and the Good_ (1931, published in 1932) (pp. 230–60)
_Nymphs_ (1928, published in 1929) (pp. 261–98)
_A Phoenix Too Frequent_ (1932, published in 1933) (pp. 299–320)
_Troilus and Cressida_ (1933, published in 1934) (pp. 321–56)
# Plays First Published in Volume One of the Complete Edition of the _Letters_
_An Ideal Husband_ (1895, published in 1895) (pp. 1–50)
_Lady Windermere's Fan_ (1892, published in 1893) (pp. 51–97)
_The Importance of Being Earnest_ (1895, published in 1895) (pp. 98–143)
_A Little Boy Lost_ (1893, published in 1895) (pp. 144–211)
_The Miracle_ (1892, published in 1893) (pp. 212–45)
_The Real Thing_ (1894, published in 1895) (pp. 246–87)
_The School for Scandal_ (1838, published in 1839) (pp. 288–359)
_A Woman of No Importance_ (1915, published in 1917) (pp. 360–447)
# Plays First Published in Volume Two of the Complete Edition of the _Letters_
_The Cocktail Party_ (1950, published in 1953) (pp. 1–62)
_The Dark Lady of the Sonnets_ (1946, published in 1947) (pp. 63–101)
_Inferno_ (1930, published in 1931) (pp. 102–42)
_The King's Yes and No_ (1930, published in 1931) (pp. 143–73)
_The Judgement of Paris_ (1933, published in 1935) (pp. 174–229)
_The Nice and the Good_ (1931, published in 1932) (pp. 230–60)
_Nymphs_ (1928, published in 1929) (pp. 261–98)
_A Phoenix Too Frequent_ (1932, published in 1933) (pp. 299–320)
_Troilus and Cressida_ (1933, published in 1934) (pp. 321–56)
# Index
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Accrington, Robert, , , , , , , , , –, , –, , –
Addison, Joseph,
_Adela Cathcart_ (O'Neill), ,
Alexander I (Tsar of Russia), , , , ,
Alfred, Prince,
Alvar (character in _The Wild Duck_ ), –, ,
Anacletus, Marcus,
anarchy, ,
Andersen, Hans Christian,
Andersen's fairy tales, ,
Anstey, Henry,
Anstruther, Lord,
apparitions, –
Appius Claudius, Roman consul, –
aristocracy, –, –, –. _See also_ upper classes
_Armadale_ (du Maurier),
Arnold, Matthew,
Athens, ,
Attic comedy,
Austin, Herbert,
_Autobiography of Lord Clarendon_ (Greeley),
authority, , , , , , , ,
Aylmer, Henry,
Bacon, Francis, , , –
Bainbridge, Beryl, ,
Balzac, Honoré de,
barons, –. _See also_ upper classes
Bath, Lady,
Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of, –
Beckett, Samuel,
Beckmann, Max, , ,
Beecham, Thomas,
Behn, Aphra, , , , –
Bennett, Arnold, –
Bennett, John, ,
Benson, Arthur Llewelyn,
Berkeley, George, Bishop of Cloyne,
Bible, , , , , ,
Bingham, George, Bishop of Lincoln,
Blanche, Lady, , , , ,
blasphemy, , , , , , , –
Bogarde, Dirk,
Bolesworth, George Henry,
Bowdler, Thomas, –
Boyle, Robert, , ,
Brasenose College, Oxford University, –
Brentford Ladies' College, London,
Bridgewater House, Somerset,
Brigstock, Charles,
Brinsley-Richards, Percival, Bishop of Southwark, –
Brockes, Barthélemy d', ,
Brockes, Robert John Spence,
Brockley, William Wimbury,
Brooke, Sir Basil, –
Brown, John, ,
Browne, Sir Thomas,
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett,
Browning, Robert,
Browning, Robert (the elder),
Buckley, Jerome,
Buckstone, Thomas,
Buckworth, Anthony (later Prynne), , –
Buckworth, Fay Compton, Lady,
Buckworth, Joan,
Bunbury, Edward, –
Burgess, Cuthbert, –
Burgess, Elizabeth (also Ethel), , –
Burgess, Edward (also Ned), , –
Burgess, Elizabeth (Ned's wife), , –
Butler, Samuel,
Cagliostro, Count Alessandro, , , –
Caliban (character in _The Tempest_ ), , , , , ,
Calvin, John,
Cambridge, ,
Canisius, Petrus (Canisio), , , ,
Carlini, Domenico,
Carroll, Lewis,
Cassandra, –
Cave, Edward, , , , , –
Caxton, William,
censorship, , , , , , , , , , –
Cézanne, Paul, , , , , –
Chesterton, Gilbert K.,
Cheyne, George,
children, , , –, –. _See also_ innocence; orphans
_Christian Socialist_ (magazine),
Churchill, Charles,
Churchill, George, –
_Cid_ (Racine), –
Cibber, Colley, –
Cibber, Theophilus, –
civil war, –. _See also_ American Revolution
Clanrickard, Sir Thomas, –
Clapperton, John, , –
Clarke, James,
Claudius, King (character in _Hamlet_ ), –
Clementi, Manuel, –
Cleopatra, , , , , , , ,
Clevedon Grammar School, Somerset, , , –
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, , , –
_Collected Works of Coleridge_ (Taylor),
comedy, , , –. _See also_ farces; and the humours: farces as humours; comedy as the humours; and comedy as farce
Commonwealth, –. _See also_ republic; republicanism; republicans; Stuart monarchy
communal living, , –. _See also_ community; republic; republicanism; republicans; Stuart monarchy