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The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays
Oscar Wilde
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Description for The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays
Paperback. "The Importance of Being Earnest" displays Wilde's wit and theatrical genius at their brilliant best. This edition includes an appendix that restores the missing material from the original four-act version, as well as two other plays, "Lady Windermere's Fan" and "Salom." Revised reissue. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 112 x 17. Weight in Grams: 122.
A universal favorite, The Importance of Being Earnest displays Oscar Wilde’s wit and theatrical genius at their brilliant best.
Subtitled “A Trivial Comedy for Serious People,” this hilarious attack on Victorian manners and morals turns a pompous world on its head, lets duplicity lead to happiness, and makes riposte the highest form of art. Written, according to Wilde, “by a butterfly for butterflies,” it is a dazzling masterpiece of comic entertainment.
Although it was originally written in four acts, The Importance of Being Earnest is usually performed in a three-act version. This authoritative edition features an appendix ... Read more
A universal favorite, The Importance of Being Earnest displays Oscar Wilde’s wit and theatrical genius at their brilliant best.
Subtitled “A Trivial Comedy for Serious People,” this hilarious attack on Victorian manners and morals turns a pompous world on its head, lets duplicity lead to happiness, and makes riposte the highest form of art. Written, according to Wilde, “by a butterfly for butterflies,” it is a dazzling masterpiece of comic entertainment.
Although it was originally written in four acts, The Importance of Being Earnest is usually performed in a three-act version. This authoritative edition features an appendix ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Signet Classics
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780451531896
SKU
V9780451531896
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About Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) was an Irish writer, poet, and playwright. His novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, brought him lasting recognition, and he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era with a series of witty social satires, including his masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest.
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