The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
The Importance of Being Earnest is a terrific play by Oscar Wilde. It stands the test of time. While it deals with Victorian society, it also hits on the universal truths about the lengths to which some men will go to avoid certain social obligations. It does so with humor and satire. The play was first performed in 1895, and the text here is from 1915.
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The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
The Importance of Being Earnest is a terrific play by Oscar Wilde. It stands the test of time. While it deals with Victorian society, it also hits on the universal truths about the lengths to which some men will go to avoid certain social obligations. It does so with humor and satire. The play was first performed in 1895, and the text here is from 1915.
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The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

by Oscar Wilde
The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

by Oscar Wilde

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The Importance of Being Earnest is a terrific play by Oscar Wilde. It stands the test of time. While it deals with Victorian society, it also hits on the universal truths about the lengths to which some men will go to avoid certain social obligations. It does so with humor and satire. The play was first performed in 1895, and the text here is from 1915.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781467756549
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date: 08/01/2014
Series: First Avenue Classics
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 86
File size: 456 KB
Age Range: 12 - 18 Years

About the Author

About The Author
Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1854. He wrote essays, poetry, stories, plays, and one novel (The Picture of Dorian Gray). He was something of a celebrity, known for dressing flamboyantly. He had a biting wit, which made him eminently quotable. He died in 1900 at the age of forty-six.

Date of Birth:

October 16, 1854

Date of Death:

November 30, 1900

Place of Birth:

Dublin, Ireland

Place of Death:

Paris, France

Education:

The Royal School in Enniskillen, Dublin, 1864; Trinity College, Dublin, 1871; Magdalen College, Oxford, England, 1874
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