The Importance of Being Earnest (Pocket Classics)

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde is one of the most celebrated works of classic English literature and Victorian comedy. This witty comedy of manners follows two men who create false identities to escape social expectations, only to find their deceptions becoming increasingly complicated as romance, reputation, and respectability collide.

Through sparkling dialogue, misunderstandings, and absurd situations, Wilde exposes the contradictions of Victorian society, social conventio...