{"product_id":"oscar-wildes-first-tragedy-the-composition-production-and-reception-of-vera-or-the-nihilists-hardcover","title":"Oscar Wilde's First Tragedy: The Composition, Production, and Reception of Vera; or, The Nihilists - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRob Marland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first book about Oscar Wilde's first play.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the age of twenty-six Oscar Wilde wrote his first play. A melodramatic tragedy about a plot to assassinate the Russian tsar, \u003cem\u003eVera; or, The Nihilists\u003c\/em\u003e is as far as could be imagined from his later hits, \u003cem\u003eLady Windermere's Fan\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Importance of Being Earnest\u003c\/em\u003e. A London matinee was cancelled, ostensibly for political reasons, and the final curtain fell on the New York production after only a week, the critics branding the script 'long-drawn dramatic rot'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilde tried to forget his first tragedy, and the disastrous premiere that he described as 'the sharpest agony' of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVera\u003c\/em\u003e has often been dismissed as a work of juvenilia; its premiere, relegated to a biographical footnote. But only by closely examining the composition, production, and reception of \u003cem\u003eVera\u003c\/em\u003e can the Wilde we know today - the confident, witty, master dramatist - be fully understood. Rob Marland draws on six years of original research, which has uncovered material never before seen, to tell the complete and fascinating story of Oscar Wilde's first, worst, and perhaps most important play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRob Marland is the editor of \u003cem\u003eVera; or; The Nihilists: A Critical Edition of Oscar Wilde's First Play \u003c\/em\u003e(2026) and of \u003cem\u003eOscar Wilde: The Complete Interviews\u003c\/em\u003e (2022), and the author of \u003cem\u003eOscar Wilde: The Season of Sorrow\u003c\/em\u003e (2018), a graphic biography that tells the story of Wilde's imprisonment. He is a member of the editorial board of \u003cem\u003eThe Wildean\u003c\/em\u003e, the journal of the Oscar Wilde Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 830\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.75 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 20, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47331875029177,"sku":"9783982413440","price":94.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/4309\/4713\/files\/1nejHf21St9783982413440.webp?v=1780465837","url":"https:\/\/thoobo.com\/products\/oscar-wildes-first-tragedy-the-composition-production-and-reception-of-vera-or-the-nihilists-hardcover","provider":"Thoobo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}