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The Importance of Being Earnest

A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

by Oscar Wilde · 1893

This book is in the public domain. Its US copyright has expired, so the full text is free to read at Internet Archive and a free Kindle edition is usually offered alongside the paid printings.

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Set in England during the late Victorian era, the play's humour derives in part from characters maintaining fictitious identities to escape unwelcome social obligations. It is replete with witty dialogue and satirises some of the foibles and hypocrisy of late Victorian society. It has proved Wilde's most enduringly popular play. - [*Wikipedia*][1] [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest

Published
1893
Pages
102
ISBN
978-0-1406-2172-3
Readers
4.1 / 5 from 65 ratings (Open Library)
Genre
Children's , Classics , History

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