The importance of being Earnest: A trivial comedy for serious people

by Oscar Wilde

Overview

The Importance of Being Earnest is Oscar Wilde's madcap farce about mistaken identities, secret engagements, and lovers' entanglements. First performed in London in 1895, it introduces characters that have become so well known to school children ever since; John Worthing, Algernon Moncrieff, Lady Bracknell, Cecily Cardew, and others.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9791223090305
Publisher:	David De Angelis
Publication date:	11/16/2024
Sold by:	StreetLib SRL
Format:	eBook
File size:	488 KB

About the Author

The ever-quotable Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet who delighted Victorian England with his legendary wit. He found critical and popular success with his scintillating plays, chiefly The Importance of Being Earnest, while his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, scandalized readers. Imprisoned for two years for homosexual behavior, Wilde moved to France after his release, where he died destitute.

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