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The full text of Oscar Wilde''s beloved comedy of manners, including exclusive commentary, selections from Wilde''s correspondence, and excerpts from the original four-act version.

The Importance of Being Earnest shows a full measure of Oscar Wilde''s legendary wit, and embodies more than any of his other plays his decency and warmth. 

This edition contains substantial excerpts from the original four-act version which was never produced, as well as the full text of the final three-act version, selections from Wilde''s correspondence, and commentary by George Bernard Shaw, Max Beerbohm, St. John Hankin, and James Agate.

“It is exquisitely trivial, a delicate bubble of fancy and it has its philosophy; that we should treat all trivial things of life seriously, and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality.” -Oscar Wilde

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The full text of Oscar Wilde''s beloved comedy of manners, including exclusive commentary, selections from Wilde''s correspondence, and excerpts from... Read more

    Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
    Publication Date: 12/31/1973 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780380012770, 978-0380012770
    ISBN10: 0380012774

    Number of Pages: 160

    Non Fiction , ELT & Literary Studies , Education

    Description

    The full text of Oscar Wilde''s beloved comedy of manners, including exclusive commentary, selections from Wilde''s correspondence, and excerpts from the original four-act version.

    The Importance of Being Earnest shows a full measure of Oscar Wilde''s legendary wit, and embodies more than any of his other plays his decency and warmth. 

    This edition contains substantial excerpts from the original four-act version which was never produced, as well as the full text of the final three-act version, selections from Wilde''s correspondence, and commentary by George Bernard Shaw, Max Beerbohm, St. John Hankin, and James Agate.

    “It is exquisitely trivial, a delicate bubble of fancy and it has its philosophy; that we should treat all trivial things of life seriously, and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality.” -Oscar Wilde

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