The Importance of Being Earnest
Title | The Importance of Being Earnest PDF eBook |
Author | Oscar Wilde |
Publisher | |
Pages | 127 |
Release | 1973 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780225659023 |
The Importance of Being Earnest
Title | The Importance of Being Earnest PDF eBook |
Author | Oscar Wilde |
Publisher | First Avenue Editions ™ |
Pages | 86 |
Release | 2014-08-01 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 1467756547 |
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.
The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays
Title | The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays PDF eBook |
Author | Oscar Wilde |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 219 |
Release | 2012-02-07 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 1101560150 |
A universal favorite, The Importance of Being Earnest displays Oscar Wilde’s wit and theatrical genius at their 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. Written, according to Wilde, “by a butterfly for butterflies,” it is a dazzling masterpiece of comic entertainment. Although it was originally written in four acts, The Importance of Being Earnest is usually performed in a three-act version. This authoritative edition features an appendix that restores valuable lines that appeared in the original. Also included in this special collection are Wilde’s first comedy success, Lady Windermere’s Fan, and his richly sensual melodrama, Salomé, which he called “that terrible coloured little tragedy I once in some strange mood wrote”—and which shocked and enraged the censors of his time. Includes an Introduction by Sylvan Barnet and an Afterword by Elise Bruhl and Michael Gamer
Gone-Away Lake
Title | Gone-Away Lake PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth Enright |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780152022723 |
Portia and her cousin Julian discover adventure in a hidden colony of forgotten summer houses on the shores of a swampy lake.
The Importance of Being Earnest
Title | The Importance of Being Earnest PDF eBook |
Author | Oscar Wilde |
Publisher | |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 1899 |
Genre | England |
ISBN |
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 the St. James Theater in 1895 marked the high point of Wilde’s career as a writer.
The Importance of Being Earnest
Title | The Importance of Being Earnest PDF eBook |
Author | Oscar Wilde |
Publisher | Heinemann |
Pages | 104 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9780435233037 |
Theatre program.
The Importance of Being Earnest
Title | The Importance of Being Earnest PDF eBook |
Author | Oscar Wilde |
Publisher | DigiCat |
Pages | 74 |
Release | 2022-09-15 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN |
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 personae 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.