The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest
Title The Importance of Being Earnest PDF eBook
Author Oscar Wilde
Publisher First Avenue Editions ™
Pages 93
Release 2014-08-01
Genre Drama
ISBN 1467756547

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Jack Worthing gets antsy living at his country estate. As an excuse, he spins tales of his rowdy brother Earnest living in London. When Jack rushes to the city to confront his "brother," he's free to become Earnest and live a different lifestyle. In London, his best friend, Algernon, begins to suspect Earnest is leading a double life. Earnest confesses that his real name is Jack and admits the ruse has become tricky as two women have become enchanted with the idea of marrying Earnest. On a whim, Algernon also pretends to be Earnest and encounters the two women as they meet at the estate. With two Earnests who aren't really earnest and two women in love with little more than a name, this play is a classic comedy of errors. This is an unabridged version of Oscar Wilde's English play, first published in 1899.

Time to Be in Earnest

Time to Be in Earnest
Title Time to Be in Earnest PDF eBook
Author P. D. James
Publisher Ballantine Books
Pages 401
Release 2007-12-18
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0307417573

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In 1997, P. D. James, the much loved and internationally acclaimed author of mysteries, turned seventy-seven. Taking to heart Dr. Johnson's advice that at seventy-seven it is "time to be in earnest," she decided to undertake a book unlike any she had written before: a personal memoir in the form of a diary. This enchanting and highly original volume is the result. Structured as the diary of a single year, it roams back and forth through time, illuminating James's extraordinary, sometimes painful and sometimes joyful life. Here, interwoven with reflections on her writing career and the craft of crime novels, are vivid accounts of episodes in her own past — of school days in 1920s and 1930s Cambridge . . . of the war and the tragedy of her husband's madness . . . of her determined struggle to support a family alone. She tells about the birth of her second daughter in the midst of a German buzz-bomb attack; about becoming a civil servant (and laying the groundwork for her writing career by working in the criminal justice system); about her years of public service on such bodies as the Arts Council and the BBC's Board of Governors, culminating in entry to the House of Lords. Along the way, with warmth and authority, she offers views on everything from author tours to the problems of television adaptations, from book reviewing to her obsession with Jane Austen. Written with exceptional grace, this "fragment of autobiography" has already been received with enthusiasm by British reviewers and readers. The thousands of Americans who have enjoyed P. D. James's novels will be equally charmed. Diary or memoir or both, Time to Be in Earnest is a delight.

From Jest to Earnest

From Jest to Earnest
Title From Jest to Earnest PDF eBook
Author E. P. Roe
Publisher Wildside Press LLC
Pages 446
Release 2007-09-01
Genre Fiction
ISBN 143448808X

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E. P. Roe (1838-1888) was once one of the most popular American novelists, outselling even Mark Twain. At the height of his popularity, barely fifty years old, he died of a sudden heart attack. His most famous works include "Barriers Burned Away" and "The Earth Trembled."

A Dictionary of the English Language

A Dictionary of the English Language
Title A Dictionary of the English Language PDF eBook
Author Samuel Johnson
Publisher
Pages 1118
Release 1832
Genre English language
ISBN

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The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest
Title The Importance of Being Earnest PDF eBook
Author Oscar Wilde
Publisher
Pages 127
Release 1973
Genre
ISBN 9780225659023

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The Story of a Country Town

The Story of a Country Town
Title The Story of a Country Town PDF eBook
Author Edgar Watson Howe
Publisher
Pages 244
Release 1883
Genre Frontier and pioneer life
ISBN

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From Jest to Earnest

From Jest to Earnest
Title From Jest to Earnest PDF eBook
Author Edward Payson Roe
Publisher Good Press
Pages 361
Release 2019-12-19
Genre Fiction
ISBN

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This is a Victorian-era American novel. It features a plot hatched by a very popular young belle who seems to have all men adore her, and who decides to ensnare a new visitor ( who happens to be a pastor) just for fun and to amuse her friends. Her plan, however, comes unstuck and does not go the way she thought it would.