02362cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000510011324500340016426400510019830000470024933600260029633700260032233800360034850000310038450501140041550801930052952011670072253400450188965300240193465300180195885600430197699900170201959057UtSlPG20260610134348.0mcr n260607r2019||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPR1 aGilbert, W. S.q(William Schwenck),d1836-191110aOriginal Plays [First Series] 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2019 a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats atextbtxt2rdacontent acomputerbc2rdamedia aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier aRelease date is 2019-03-140 aThe wicked world -- Pygmalion and Galatea -- Charity -- The princess -- The palace of truth -- Trial by jury. aE-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) a"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.) nOriginal publication data not identified aOperas -- Librettos aEnglish drama40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59057 c99883d99883