The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays
Author(s): Oscar Wilde; Richard Cave (Editor, Introduction by)
A selection of Oscar Wilde's best and most important plays - sharp, relevant and brilliant to this day.
Who would have thought a comedy of manners written more than a hundred years ago would still be so apt and so funny? Oscar Wilde was a genius of play-writing, and his deftness, wit and sharp eye for social satire keep audiences in thrall to this day. Alongside Earnest, discover a biblical tragedy retold, Lady Windemere and her infamous fan and Wilde's take on an ideal husband, in this selection of Wilde's most important plays.
' The Importance of Being Earnest] has a strong claim to being the most perfect comedy in the English language' Daily Telegraph
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Penguin UK
- : Penguin UK
- : 25 May 2000
- : books
Special Fields
- : Oscar Wilde; Richard Cave (Editor, Introduction by)
- : Electronic book text
- : en
- : 822.8
- : 464