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The Importance of Being Earnest

and Other Plays

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An edition of The Importance of Being Earnest (1893)

The Importance of Being Earnest

and Other Plays

by

  • ★★★★ 4.0 (48 ratings) ·
  • 218 Want to read
  • 6 Currently reading
  • 70 Have read

Wilde's classic comedy of manners, The Importance of Being Earnest, and his other popular plays--Lady Windermere's Fan, An Ideal Husband, and Salome--challenged contemporary notions of sex and sensibility, class and cultural identity. This Enriched Classic Edition includes: a concise introduction that gives readers important background information; a chronology of the author's life and work; a timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context; an outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations; detailed explanatory notes; critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work; discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction; a list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience.--From publisher description.

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Pocket Books
Language
English
Pages
378

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Subjects

British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author), English life, Readers, etiquette, love, manners, marriage, play, Children's fiction, Youth, fiction, Drama, Foundlings, Identity (Psychology), Classic Literature, Comedias, English drama, English drama (Comedy), Expósitos, Fiction, Identidad (Psicología), Inglés, Libros de lectura, Social life and customs, Teatro, Comedy, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), English literature, History and criticism, Literature, Movie novels, Man-woman relationships, Social norms, Aristocracy (Social class), Unterrichtseinheit, Dictionaries, English language, Spanish, Manners and customs, French, Mistaken identity, Drama (dramatic works by one author), Comics & graphic novels, literary, Courtship, Humor

People

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Salome (Biblical figure)

Places

London, England

Times

Victorian, 19th century

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The Importance of Being Earnest
Feb 22, 2016, Digireads.com
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The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
2016, Wisehouse Classics
in English
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The Importance of Being Earnest
2014, Standard Ebooks
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The Importance of Being Earnest
Jul 07, 2013, Simon & Brown
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The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
2010, Broadview Press
in English
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The Importance of Being Earnest
2006, Prestwick House, Prestwick House Inc.
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The importance of being earnest
2005, ICON Classics
electronic resource / in English - Webster's Spanish Thesaurus ed. for ESL, EFL, ELP, TOEFL, TOEIC and AP test preparation.
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The importance of being earnest
2005, ICON Classics
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The Importance of Being Earnest: and Other Plays
2005, Pocket Books
in English
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The Importance of Being Earnest
1997, La Spiga
in English
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The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
1895, S. French
in English - French's standard library ed.

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Book Details

Table of Contents

The importance of being earnest
Lady Windermere's fan
An ideal husband
Salome .

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

Published in
New York
Series
Enriched classic

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
822/.8
Library of Congress
PR5818 .I4 2005, PR5818.I4 2005

The Physical Object

Pagination
xviii, 378 pages ;
Number of pages
378

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26335726M
Internet Archive
importanceofbein00osca_3
ISBN 10
1416500421
ISBN 13
9781416500421
LCCN
2006295694
OCLC/WorldCat
61227901

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Internet Archive item record
Library of Congress MARC record
Better World Books record

Work Description

Set in England during the late Victorian era, the play's humour derives in part from characters maintaining fictitious identities to escape unwelcome social obligations. It is replete with witty dialogue and satirises some of the foibles and hypocrisy of late Victorian society. It has proved Wilde's most enduringly popular play. - Wikipedia

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