The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays

• Author : Oscar Wilde
• Publisher : Penguin
• Release : 10 March 1985

A universal favorite, The Importance of Being Earnest displays Oscar Wilde's theatrical genius at its 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. Also included in this special collection are Wilde's first comedy success, Lady Windermere's Fan, and his richly sensual melodrama, Salome.

• Author : Oscar Wilde
• Publisher : Courier Corporation
• Release : 01 January 1990

Witty and buoyant comedy of manners is brilliantly plotted from its effervescent first act to its hilarious denouement, and filled with some of literature's most famous epigrams. Widely considered Wilde's most perfect work, the play is reprinted here from an authoritative early British edition. Note to the Dover Edition.

• Author : Oscar Wilde
• Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
• Release : 22 January 2016

The Importance of Being Earnest is one of the most enduringly popular of British comic dramas, and a mainstay of English literature and drama courses at college and university level. This is an ideal edition for students with on-page notes to help clarify meaning, and a completely new introduction. In the new introduction, Francesca Coppa explores recent critical approaches to the play, including queer and postcolonial readings, as well as giving the context in which the play was written and

• Author : Oscar Wilde
• Publisher : Om Books International
• Release : 27 March 2022

The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Two women fall in love with men of the same name. This mythical suitor is called ‘Ernest’, a name that has been adopted by both Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff to win the hearts of their beloved, Gwendolen Fairfax and Cecily Cardew, respectively. As Pandemonium breaks out at Jack’s country home on the same weekend and while the identity of ‘Ernest’ is still uncertain, only an insignificant handbag and an old

• Author : Oscar Wilde
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 01 February 1899

Subtitled “A Trivial Comedy for Serious People,” Wilde’s play is a brilliantly satirical comedy of manners, sending up the absurdity of Victorian social mores and cleverly critiquing the conventions of love and marriage. The tale of two gentlemen who adopt fictitious identities in order to woo the objects of their affections is Wilde’s most beloved work, considered to be one of the wittiest plays ever written in English. The glowing critical reception in London on opening night at

• Author : Oscar Wilde
• Publisher : Random House LLC
• Release : 01 February 2023

Since 1917 The Modern Library prides itself as "The modern Library of the world's Best Books". Its paperback series feature treasured classics, major translations of great works, and rediscoveries of keen literary and historical merit. Featuring introduc

• Author : Peter Raby
• Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
• Release : 01 February 1995

Analyzes both the social context and the literary artistry of Oscar Wilde's comedic play

• Author : Oscar Wilde
• Publisher : Heinemann
• Release : 01 February 1994

Theatre program.

• Author : Susan Van Kirk
• Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Release : 16 January 2004

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer a look into critical elements and ideas within classic works of literature. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. CliffsNotes on The Importance of Being Earnest offers a concise look at this Victorian farce, which tweaks the complacency and aristocratic attitudes prevalent among the wealthy upper class of the time. Hidden identities, fierce repartee, underlying passions, and surprises punctuate this lively

• Author : Oscar Wilde
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 20 August 2017

The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious person� to escape burdensome social obligations. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways. Contemporary reviews all

• Author : Oscar Wilde,Alyssa Harad
• Publisher : Simon and Schuster
• Release : 01 August 2005

Each volume in a collection of affordable, readable editions of some of the world's greatest works of literature features a chronology of the author's life and career, a concise introduction containing valuable background information, a timeline of significant events, an outline of key plot points and themes, detailed explanatory notes, critical analyses, discussion questions, and a list of recommended books and films.

• Author : Oscar Wilde
• Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
• Release : 17 April 2008

Offers newly edited texts of five of the British playwright's works, including the great farcial comedy "The Importance of Being Earnest."

• Author : Fiona Gregory
• Publisher : Insight Publications
• Release : 10 January 2012

Insight Study Guides are written by experts and cover a range of popular literature, plays and films. Designed to provide insight and an overview about each text for students and teachers, these guides endeavor to develop knowledge and understanding rather than just provide answers and summaries.

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Pearson UK
• Release : 01 February 2023

• Author : Wilde O.
• Publisher : Рипол Классик
• Release : 01 February 2023

Оскар Уайльд - английский философ, писатель, поэт и один из самых известных драматургов XIX века. “Как важно быть серьёзным” - гениальная "великосветская" комедия, в которой автор представляет вниманию читателя широко распространённую в викторианской Англии "традицию" пренебрегать моральными принципами и вести двойную жизнь. Два джентльмена, Джон Уординг и Алджернон Монкриф, беспечно проводили время в развлечениях и удовольствиях, и всё разыгрывалось как по нотам до тех пор, пока они не решили найти себе жён...Читайте зарубежную литературу в оригинале!