The Importance of Being Ernest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

by Oscar Wilde

Overview

A farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain a fictitious personae to escape burdensome social obligations. Set in Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions such as marriage and Victorian ways.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781515277514
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	07/30/2015
Pages:	92
Sales rank:	534,270
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 9.70(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	NP (what's this?)

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