Project Gutenberg 2019-03-14 Public domain in the USA. 152 Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck) 1836 1911 Gilbert, William Schwenck, Sir Original Plays [First Series] The wicked world -- Pygmalion and Galatea -- Charity -- The princess -- The palace of truth -- Trial by jury. E-text prepared by Emmanuel Ackerman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "Original Plays [First Series]" by W. S. Gilbert is a collection of theatrical works written in the late 19th century. This volume features several plays, including "The Wicked World," which introduces a whimsical exploration of love, morality, and the contrasting lives of fairies and mortals. The characters are engaging, with fairies contemplating the nature of the human world and its seemingly wicked ways while grappling with their own ideas of righteousness. The opening of "The Wicked World" presents a group of fairies in a fantastical setting, discussing their perception of the human realm as wicked and sinful. Among them, Zayda expresses her curiosity about this 'wicked world,' while Selene, the Fairy Queen, suggests that the fairies might benefit from experiencing humanity firsthand. Their conversation reveals their naivety and highlights the fairies' disdain for human flaws such as vanity and jealousy. They decide to summon their mortal counterparts to their fairy land to teach them about a life devoid of sin, setting the stage for a comedic exploration of both the virtues and vices of love. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 85.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Operas -- Librettos English drama PR Text Category: Plays/Films/Dramas 777479 2025-06-23T13:03:01.645834 text/html 787274 2019-06-06T13:53:23 text/html 329418 2025-06-23T13:03:22.135746 application/epub+zip 334502 2025-06-23T13:03:04.684775 application/epub+zip 279444 2025-06-23T13:03:03.082775 application/epub+zip 616938 2025-06-23T13:03:31.137649 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 591277 2025-06-23T13:03:20.443744 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 537302 2022-09-26T19:53:45.283654 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 461961 2025-06-23T13:02:57.806365 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 462015 2020-06-15T03:35:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18973 2025-06-23T13:03:31.340620 application/rdf+xml 11955 2025-06-23T13:03:03.346777 image/jpeg 2417 2025-06-23T13:03:03.211756 image/jpeg 162512 2020-06-15T03:35:12 application/octet-stream application/zip 309441 2019-06-06T13:58:09 application/octet-stream application/zip 313070 2025-06-23T13:03:01.701800 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia