A Woman of No Importance - 1st Edition Author:Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde's audacious drama of social scandal centres around the revelation of Mrs Arbuthnot's long-concealed secret. A house party is in full swing at Lady Hunstanton's country home, when it is announced that Gerald Arbuthnot has been appointed secretary to the sophisticated, witty Lord Illingworth. Gerald's mother stands in the way of his ap... more »pointment, but fears to tell him why, for who will believe Lord Illingworth to be a man of no importance?« less