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The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

ISBN: 9780140621723
Release Date: 30 Mar 1995
Average rating: (read by 83 members)

Categories: Drama texts, plays

Oscar Wilde's brilliant play makes fun of the English upper classes with light-hearted satire and dazzling humour. It is 1890's England and two young gentlemen are being somewhat limited with the truth. To inject some excitement into their lives, Mr Worthing invents a brother, Earnest, as an excuse to leave his dull country life behind him to pursue the object of his desire, the ravishing Gwendolyn. While across town Algernon Montecrieff decides to take the name Earnest, when visiting Worthing's young ward Cecily. The real fun and confusion begins when the two end up together and their deceptions are in danger of being revealed.

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	DarrenL
	Rated it 7 months ago

Deserves its reputation. Very witty and funny.

	francesrbtl
	Rated it 8 months ago

Best. Play. Ever.

No, really.

	soochoi
	Rated it 10 months ago

he wit in which Wilde writes is incredible. It's a quick short play so you should definitely read it if you love plays. It's funny, and just quite great.

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