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Large Print - The Importance of Being Earnest - Grand Type Collector's Edition - Matte Hardcover with Dust Jacket (Large Print Edition)
Hardcover
ISBN13: 9781834123431
Publisher: Grand Type Classics
Published: Dec 2 2025
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
With clear, easy-to-read formatting, this edition is designed for readers who prefer or require larger text without sacrificing the excitement of the original.
Large Print Features:- 18-point font: Generously sized text for maximum readability and comfort.
- Sans-serif font: Clean, modern typeface designed to reduce visual strain.
- Italics are bolded: Important emphasis is maintained without thin, hard-to-see lettering.
- Easy-to-read line lengths: Shorter rows of text (under 45 characters per line) make reading smoother and less tiring.
In a world of witty banter and societal expectations, two bachelors craft elaborate double lives to escape the constraints of Victorian propriety. Jack invents a fictional brother, Ernest, as an excuse for city escapades, while Algernon adopts the same name to charm Jack's young ward, Cecily. The scheme soon spirals out of control as mistaken identities, romantic entanglements, and absurd misunderstandings pile up. With dazzling wit and sharp dialogue, the play transforms trivial deceptions into a sparkling comedy that skewers the very conventions its characters cling to.
Widely regarded as Oscar Wilde's masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest redefined the comedy of manners with its bold satire and playful charm. First staged in 1895, it cleverly critiqued the rigid class expectations and hypocrisies of Victorian society. Its themes of identity, marriage, and deception remain strikingly relevant, and its fearless mockery of superficiality ensures its place as one of the most beloved and enduring plays in English literature.
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