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The Importance of Being Earnest (Student Editions)

The Importance of Being Earnest (Student Editions)

by OscarWilde (Author)

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    Illustrated 1981

    $3.22

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    Paperback 1999

    $3.22

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    Hardcover 1994

    $3.88

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    Paperback 1999

    $14.95
Synopsis

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. The Student Edition offers a plot summary, full commentary, character notes and questions for study, besides a chronology and bibliography.

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Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 144
 Edition: New Edition - New ed
 Publisher: Methuen Drama
Published: 17 Sep 1981
ISBN 10: 0413396304
ISBN 13: 9780413396303
Book Overview: Wilde's play is a set text for AQA GCSE English Literature His work sells strongly to the general market as well as to students of Drama and English Literature

Media Reviews
the wittiest play in the English language Financial Times Comes as close to perfection as any comedy I can think of. Daily Telegraph
Author Bio
Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin in 1856. In the years following his graduation from Oxford in 1878 he published poems and stories which included The Picture of Dorian Gray. Lady Windermere's Fan was produced in 1892, A Woman of No Importance in 1893 and An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest in 1895. Later work included De Profundis and The Ballad of Reading Gaol. He died in 1900.