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The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

by Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde's brilliant play makes fun of the English upper classes with light-hearted satire and dazzling humour. It is 1890's England and two young gentlemen are being somewhat limited with the truth. To inject some excitement into their lives, Mr Worthing invents a brother, Earnest, as an excuse to leave his dull country life behind him to pursue the object of his desire, the ravishing Gwendolyn. While across town Algernon Montecrieff decides to take the name Earnest, when visiting Worthing's young ward Cecily. The real fun and confusion begins when the two end up together and their deceptions are in danger of being revealed.

Book Details

ISBN13 9780140621723
ISBN10 0140621725
Series/Work OL27776452W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Created At January 30, 2025
Updated At January 30, 2025
Last OL update January 18, 2025

Subjects

Aristocracy (Social class) British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author) British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author) Children's fiction Classic Literature Comedias Comedy Comics & graphic novels, literary Courtship Dictionaries Drama Drama (dramatic works by one author) English drama English drama (Comedy) English language English life English literature etiquette Expósitos Fiction

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