ISBN: 9781101560150

A universal favorite, The Importance of Being Earnest displays Oscar Wilde’s wit and theatrical genius at their brilliant best. Subtitled “A Trivial Comedy for Serious People,… Mehr…

A universal favorite, The Importance of Being Earnest displays Oscar Wilde’s wit and theatrical genius at their brilliant best. Subtitled “A Trivial Comedy for Serious People,” this hilarious attack on Victorian manners and morals turns a pompous world on its head, lets duplicity lead to happiness, and makes riposte the highest form of art. Written, according to Wilde, “by a butterfly for butterflies,” it is a dazzling masterpiece of comic entertainment.Although it was originally written in four acts, The Importance of Being Earnest is usually performed in a three-act version. This authoritative edition features an appendix that restores valuable lines that appeared in the original.Also included in this special collection are Wilde’s first comedy success, Lady Windermere’s Fan, and his richly sensual melodrama, Salomé, which he called “that terrible coloured little tragedy I once in some strange mood wrote”—and which shocked and enraged the censors of his time.Includes an Introduction by Sylvan Barnetand an Afterword by Elise Bruhl and Michael Gamer Digital Content>E-books>Theatre & Drama>Drama>Plays, Penguin Publishing Group Digital >16<

ISBN: 9781101560150

About the AuthorOscar Wilde was born in Dublin in 1854. He graduated from Oxford University in 1878 with a reputation as a brilliant scholar and quickly dazzled London society with his wi… Mehr…

About the AuthorOscar Wilde was born in Dublin in 1854. He graduated from Oxford University in 1878 with a reputation as a brilliant scholar and quickly dazzled London society with his wit and his flamboyant dress. His first literary successes came in the 1880s with his lecture tour of America and the publication of his fairy tales. These were followed by five highly polished plays and The Picture of Dorian Gray, all completed during the first half of the 1890s. After losing a slander suit over accusations of his homosexual behavior, Wilde was prosecuted and spent two years in prison. Following his release in 1897, estranged from his wife and children, Wilde moved to Paris, where he died in 1900. Digital Content>E-books>Theatre & Drama>Drama>Plays, Penguin Publishing Group Digital >16<

ISBN: 9781101560150

*The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays* / epub eBook für 4.49 € / Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Fachthemen & Wissenschaft, Literaturwissenschaft Medien > Bücher nein eBook als epub e… Mehr…

*The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays* / epub eBook für 4.49 € / Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Fachthemen & Wissenschaft, Literaturwissenschaft Medien > Bücher nein eBook als epub eBooks > Fachthemen & Wissenschaft > Literaturwissenschaft, Penguin Publishing Group<

ISBN: 9781101560150

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