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Oscar Wilde

This brilliant tour de force by Oscar Wilde has delighted millions around the world since the plays first production in1895. One of the wittiest plays ever, it is a buoyant comedy of manners celebrated for the lighthearted ingenuity of its plot and its inspired rapidfire dialogue. From the plays vivacious opening in Algernon Moncrieffs London flat to its hilarious finale in the drawing room of Jack Worthings country manor this comic masterpiece will keep you breathlessly awaiting each and every plot twist. Jack and Algernon are best friends, both wooing ladies who think their names are Ernest, "that name which inspires absolute confidence". In this farcical comedy the protagonists maintain fictitious identities to escape burdensome social obligations. Set in late Victorian London, the plays major themes are the triviality with which it treats serious institutions like marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways. This hilarious madcap farce about hidden and mistaken identities, secret engagements, lovers entanglements, and the neverending vanity and selfishness of high society members will have you laughing out loud. Youll delight at the witty banter, wellcrafted jokes and insults at the expense of the upper classes and the ridiculousness of human behavior that have helped make The Importance of Being Earnest, Wildes most enduringly popular play. A mainstay of high school curriculum for decades this extremely clever and undeniably silly story about eccentric... | Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest Paperback Book