# The Duchess of Padua

Author: Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900

Genre: Category: Plays/Films/Dramas

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/875

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Duchess+of+Padua+Wilde&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

_The Market Place of Padua at noon_; _in the background is the great Cathedral of Padua_; _the architecture is Romanesque_, _and wrought in black and white marbles_; _a flight of marble steps leads up to the Cathedral door_; _at the foot of the steps are two large stone lions_; _the houses on each aide of the stage have coloured awnings from their windows_, _and are flanked by stone arcades_; _on the right of the stage is the public fountain_, _with a triton in green bronze blowing from a conch_; _around the fountain is a stone seat_; _the bell of the Cathedral is ringing_, _and the citizens_, _men_, _women and children_, _are passing into the Cathedral_.

## Chapters

- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-duchess-of-padua-875/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-duchess-of-padua-875/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-duchess-of-padua-875/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-duchess-of-padua-875/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-duchess-of-padua-875/chapters/1/index.md)