Contained in this volume are three of Oscar Wilde's shorter dramatic works. Vera, or the Nihilists, the longest of the three, is a complete four-act play with a prologue. A Florentine Tragedy-A Fragment, is as the title would suggest a fragment of an act and La Sainte Courtisane is also but a single act. Wilde fans will delight in these shorter examples of his talent as a dramatic humorist.