The Importance of Being Earnest : Dover Thrift Editions: Plays - Oscar Wilde

The Importance of Being Earnest

By: Oscar Wilde

Paperback | 1 July 1990

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Wilde's witty and buoyant comedy of manners, filled with some of literature's most famous epigrams, reprinted from an authoritative British edition. Considered Wilde's most perfect work.

Here is Oscar Wilde's most brilliant tour de force, a witty and buoyant comedy of manners that has delighted millions in countless productions since its first performance in London's St. James' Theatre on February 14, 1895. The Importance of Being Earnest is celebrated not only for the lighthearted ingenuity of its plot, but for its inspired dialogue, rich with scintillating epigrams still savored by all who enjoy artful conversation.

From the play's effervescent beginnings in Algernon Moncrieff's London flat to its hilarious denouement in the drawing room of Jack Worthing's country manor in Hertfordshire, this comic masterpiece keeps audiences breathlessly anticipating a new bon mot or a fresh twist of plot moment to moment.

About the Author

Poet and playwright Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) remains best known for his comedies of the 1890's, including The Importance of Being Earnest, and for his tragic imprisonment and untimely death.

Other Editions and Formats

Hardcover

Published: 1st July 2013

Hardcover

Published: 3rd April 2018

Hardcover

Published: 14th February 1895

Hardcover

Published: 22nd December 2019

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