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Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar. Wilde (1976, Mass Market)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100380012774

ISBN-139780380012770

eBay Product ID (ePID)128436539

Product Key Features

Book TitleImportance of Being Earnest

Number of Pages160 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1976

TopicDrama, Theater / Playwriting, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

GenreLiterary Criticism, Drama, Performing Arts

AuthorOscar. Wilde

FormatMass Market

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight3.1 Oz

Item Length6.8 in

Item Width4.2 in

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Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal822.8

SynopsisThe full text of Oscar Wilde's beloved comedy of manners, including exclusive commentary, selections from Wilde's correspondence, and excerpts from the original four-act version. The Importance of Being Earnest shows a full measure of Oscar Wilde's legendary wit, and embodies more than any of his other plays his decency and warmth. This edition contains substantial excerpts from the original four-act version which was never produced, as well as the full text of the final three-act version, selections from Wilde's correspondence, and commentary by George Bernard Shaw, Max Beerbohm, St. John Hankin, and James Agate. "It is exquisitely trivial, a delicate bubble of fancy and it has its philosophy; that we should treat all trivial things of life seriously, and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality." -Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest shows a full measure of Oscar Wilde's legendary wit, and embodies more than any of his other plays, his decency and warmth. This edition contains substantial excerpts from the original four-act version which was never produed, as well as the full test of the final three-act version, selections from Wilde's correspondence, and commentary by George Bernard Shaw, Max Beerbohm, St. John Hankin, and James Agate., "Comes as close to perfection as any comedy I can think of."-Daily Telegraph Oscar Wilde's "trivial play for serious people" is a sparkling comedy of manners. This hilariously absurd satire pits sincerity against style, barbed witticisms against ostentatious elegance. Wilde's brilliantly constructed plot and famous dialogue enrich the appeal of his celebrated characters, as he turns accepted ideas inside out and situations upside down in this, his masterpiece.