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The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde - A Trivial Comedy for Serious People and a Classic Satire of Victorian Society: The Importance of Bein
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ISBN13: 9781617202827
Publisher: Wilder Publications
Published: Feb 26 2011
Pages: 90
Weight: 0.32
Height: 0.22 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A brilliant comedy of manners filled with wit, romance, mistaken identities, and Oscar Wilde's incomparable humor.
The Importance of Being Earnest is Oscar Wilde's most celebrated play and one of the greatest comedies in the English language. Beneath its playful surface of secret identities, romantic confusion, and absurd misunderstandings lies a sharp and entertaining critique of Victorian expectations, social conventions, and the importance placed on reputation and appearances.
Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff create elaborate deceptions to escape their responsibilities and pursue romance, but their carefully constructed lies begin to unravel when love, family secrets, and a formidable aristocratic aunt enter the picture. With unforgettable characters, dazzling wordplay, and perfectly crafted dialogue, Wilde transforms a simple comedy of errors into a masterpiece of social satire.
First performed in 1895, The Importance of Being Earnest remains one of the most frequently performed plays in the world. Its clever observations about identity, marriage, class, and human vanity continue to delight audiences more than a century after its debut.
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