The Importance Of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy For Serious People

by Oscar Wilde

Overview

A farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personæ to escape burdensome social obligations. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781502532145
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	09/28/2014
Series:	Plays by Wilde
Pages:	66
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1854. He wrote essays, poetry, stories, plays, and one novel (The Picture of Dorian Gray). He was something of a celebrity, known for dressing flamboyantly. He had a biting wit, which made him eminently quotable. He died in 1900 at the age of forty-six.

Date of Birth:

October 16, 1854

Date of Death:

November 30, 1900

Place of Birth:

Dublin, Ireland

Place of Death:

Paris, France

Education:

The Royal School in Enniskillen, Dublin, 1864; Trinity College, Dublin, 1871; Magdalen College, Oxford, England, 1874