The Importance of Being Earnest

Name: The Importance of Being Earnest
Author: Oscar Wilde
ISBN: 9781596250017

by Oscar Wilde

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Subtitled “A Trivial Comedy for Serious People,” Wilde’s play is a brilliantly satirical comedy of manners, sending up the absurdity of Victorian social mores and cleverly critiquing the conventions of love and marriage. The tale of two gentlemen who adopt fictitious identities in order to woo the objects of their affections is Wilde’s most beloved work, considered to be one of the wittiest plays ever written in English. The glowing critical reception in London on opening night at the St. James ...

First published 1893180 pages

822.803

Category: Literature
Priority: Must-Read
Author works: 6
Editions known: 400

Classification

Dewey (DDC): 822.803822.8
Library of Congress (LCC): PR5822.I4 2005PR5818.I4 1987PR5818.I4 2006bPR5818.I4 2005

Subjects

Aristocracy (Social class)British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author)British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)Children's fictionClassic LiteratureComediasComedyComics & graphic novels, literaryCourtshipDictionariesDramaDrama (dramatic works by one author)

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ISBN 9781596250017English

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First published1893

TV adaptation1976

TV adaptation1979

Film adaptation1992

Film adaptation2002

Adaptation adaptation2010

Film adaptation2011

Film adaptation2018

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