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The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People - Collector's Edition

Oscar Wilde

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COLLECTOR'S EDITION - complete, unedited and unabridged.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 personæ 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 praised the play's humour, though some were cautious about its explicit lack of social messages, while others foresaw the modern consensus that it was the culmination of Wilde's artistic career so far. Its high farce and witty dialogue have helped make The Importance of Being Earnest Wilde's most enduringly popular play.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publish Date: Aug 27th, 2017
  • Pages: 84
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.02in - 5.98in - 0.17in - 0.27lb
  • EAN: 9781975814373
  • Recommended age: 08-12
  • Categories: • Action & Adventure• Classics

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Reading Oscar Wilde to get over writer's block and all the turbulence around. Wish he was alive and in a country which would let him be himself. "All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his."( Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest)

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Film Forum is NYC’s leading movie house for independent premieres and repertory programming.

Our Oscar Wilde series continues with THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (1952) in 35mm, SALOMÉ (1923), with live piano accompaniment, and THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY— all screenings intro’d by Matthew Sturgis, author of Oscar Wilde: A Life. Info/tickets: https://t.co/bUS9kXbGhK https://t.co/vT0AQokeI8

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Jason Furman is an economist and professor.

It's nice to start your day by finishing Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. My review, mostly a review of the annotations in the annotated version I read. https://t.co/nRTFcxDbVy

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What people are saying

Mentioner image for:  @Patralekha2011 পত্রলেখা চ্যাটার্জী
 @Patralekha2011 পত্রলেখা চ্যাটার্জী
@patralekha2011
3 years

Visiting Fellow @YaleGHJP Words:@TheLancet,@bmj_latest,@TheAtlIdeas,@AJEnglish @NewStatesman,@AsianAge,@AmarUjala,@theHindu, @DeccanChronicle,@DeccanHerald

Reading Oscar Wilde to get over writer's block and all the turbulence around. Wish he was alive and in a country which would let him be himself. "All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his."( Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest)

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Mentioner image for: Film Forum
Film Forum
@FilmForumNYC
3 years

Film Forum is NYC’s leading movie house for independent premieres and repertory programming.

Our Oscar Wilde series continues with THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (1952) in 35mm, SALOMÉ (1923), with live piano accompaniment, and THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY— all screenings intro’d by Matthew Sturgis, author of Oscar Wilde: A Life. Info/tickets: https://t.co/bUS9kXbGhK https://t.co/vT0AQokeI8

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