La sainte courtisane / Oscar Wilde.

Author/creator Wilde, Oscar author.
Other author Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900
Format Electronic
PublicationLondon : Bloomsbury, [2013]
Copyright Date©2013
Description1 online resource
Supplemental ContentDrama online

Summary Myrrhina, a courtisane, seeks out a hermit who she has heard is beautiful; she hopes to tempt him from his righteous path into a life of earthly love. However, on beholding the cross for the first time, she finds herself instead converting to a life of virtue, while he, who indeed has fallen for her beauty, hopes to take her away as his lover. Written in 1894, 'La Sainte Courtisane' exists only as a fragment and was never completed. Here, a line of dots in the text indicates where a new fragment begins.
General notePreviously issued in print: in The complete plays. London, Methuen Drama, 1988.
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 21, 2013).
Genre/formDrama.
Standard identifier# 10.5040/9781408182352.00000043

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