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The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

Wilde, Oscar

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ISBN10: 1161466738
ISBN13: 9781161466737
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: May 23 2010
Pages: 82
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.25 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
The Importance Of Being Earnest is a play by Oscar Wilde, first performed in 1895. The play is a satire of Victorian society, particularly its strict moral code and emphasis on propriety. The story follows two young men, Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, who both lead double lives to escape the constraints of society. Jack poses as his fictitious brother Ernest in order to pursue his love interest, Gwendolen Fairfax, while Algernon creates a fictional invalid friend named Bunbury to avoid social obligations. The play is full of witty dialogue and clever wordplay, and explores themes such as love, marriage, class, and identity. The Importance Of Being Earnest is widely regarded as one of Wilde's greatest works, and a masterpiece of comedic theater.LANE. I believe it IS a very pleasant state, sir. I have had very little experience of it myself up to the present. I have only been married once. That was in consequence of a misunderstanding between myself and a young person.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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