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The Importance of Being Earnest
A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
5 chapters and parts · about 2 hours to read
What the book is about
"The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People" by Oscar Wilde is a play first performed in 1895. Two young gentlemen lead double lives, each pretending to be named Ernest to escape social duties and win the hearts of their beloveds. Filled with sharp wit and clever wordplay, the farcical comedy gently mocks Victorian society through memorable characters including the formidable Lady Bracknell. The play parodies theatrical conventions while exploring themes of identity, deception, and the absurdities of proper society.
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- Comedy plays
- England -- Drama
- Foundlings -- Drama
- Identity (Psychology) -- Drama
Chapters
The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde, is in the public domain in the United States. Text from Project Gutenberg, eBook #844, with thanks. Sureno removed Project Gutenberg's header and licence and set the text in large print; this is not an official Project Gutenberg edition. Outside the United States, check your own country's copyright rules before copying it.
