The Importance of Being Earnest: (A Trivial Comedy for Serious People) With 13 Illustrations and a Free Audio Link.

by Oscar Wilde, Fugu-Fish Publishing

Overview

The Importance of Being Earnest: (A Trivial Comedy for Serious People)
With 13 Illustrations and a Free Audio Link.

By Oscar Wilde

The Importance of Being Earnest is a classic comedy of manners in which two flippant young men, in order to impress their respected beloveds, pretend that their names are "Ernest," which both young ladies believe confers magical qualities on the possessor.

Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways.

It was first performed for the public on February 14, 1895 at the St. James' Theatre in London, and is regarded by many critics and scholars as being the wittiest play in the English language.

Highlights of this edition are:

• 13 illustrations and photos.
• A free web link to an audio copy of the Play.
• It is formatted for ease of use and enjoyment on your nook reader.
• An active (easy to use) Table of Contents listing every chapter accessible from the nook "go to" feature.
• Perfect formatting in rich text compatible with Nook's Text-to-Speech features.
• Plus, about the Author section.
• 154 pages (in the nook format) for a very low price.

This Play is unabridged (unedited) and appears as it was first written in 1894.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940156840557
Publisher:	Fugu-Fish Publishing
Publication date:	09/23/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

The ever-quotable Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet who delighted Victorian England with his legendary wit. He found critical and popular success with his scintillating plays, chiefly The Importance of Being Earnest, while his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, scandalized readers. Imprisoned for two years for homosexual behavior, Wilde moved to France after his release, where he died destitute.

Date of Birth:

October 16, 1854

Date of Death:

November 30, 1900

Place of Birth:

Dublin, Ireland

Place of Death:

Paris, France

Education:

The Royal School in Enniskillen, Dublin, 1864; Trinity College, Dublin, 1871; Magdalen College, Oxford, England, 1874